B V 

J 550 



Class 

Book i_ 

GopightU? 

COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. 



101 Things for Adult 
Bible Classes to Do 

BY 

Herbert Moninger, A.M.,B.D. 

W 

Author of 

"Training for Service," "The New Testament 
Church," "Studies in the Gospels and Acts," "What's 
the Answer?" "Bible Drills/' "How to Build Up 
an Adult Bible Class," "Matthew's Gospel at the 
Point of a Question," "Graded Supplemental 
Booklets," "The Adult Bible Class in Train- 
ing for Service," etc., etc. 



ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN ADULT 
BIBLE CLASSES 



THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY 
Cincinnati, O. 
191 i 

Copyrighted, 1911, by Herbert Moninjer. 



^.CU296354 



PREFACE 



Most people are willing to do Christian work if they 
are told just what to do, how to do it, and when to do 
it. The purpose of this book is to tell what adult 
Bible classes may do, with suggestions as to when and 
how these things may be done. h. m. 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I. The Membership Committee 9 

II. The Devotional Committee 15 

III. The Social Committee 19 

IV. Special Committees 27 

V. Finding Prospects 33 

YI. The Loyal Secret Service Circle 37 

VII. The Pocket Testament League 40 

VIII. Rally Days , 43 

IX. Special-day Invitations 53 

X. Post- cards 64 

XL Printed Matter 76 

XII. Songs ____ 84 

XIII. The Loyal Movement in the Adult Bible- 

class Work 86 

XIV. Important Things in Building Up Great 

Classes . 94 

XV. Class Organization 96 

XVI. International Standard of Service 101 

XVII. 101 Things for Adult Bible Classes to Do- 108 



SUCCESS NUGGETS 



Success belongs to the enthusiastic. 
Selfishness is the society name for Devil. 
The value of a life is measured by its vision. 
A man v/ho doesn't use his religion hasn't any. 
A mule can stop fifty cars, but he can not pull 
them. 

Don't criticize until you have made good at 
something. 

If we do not perspire ourselves, we will not in- 
spire others. 

A person who has time to burn here will have 
time to burn hereafter. 

"Use me or lose me" is a motto that ought to 
be put over every church. 

Bible study is the magnet that holds the adult 
Bible classes together. 

That's a small man who gets mad when his 
faults are pointed out to him. 

Our adult Bible classes need officers full of 
grace, gray matter and ginger. 

An adult Bible class should shake people in and 
shake them out, and thus shake them up. 

The adult Bible class is the big end of the 
Sunday-school, and there is no end to it. 

Some women know more about leading poodles 
to the theater than leading children to Christ. 

One who professes to be a Christian and lives 
for the devil is as bad as singing "Yankee Doodle" 
at a funeral or "Marching Through Georgia" at a 
communion service. 



One Hundred and One 
Things for Adult Bible 
Classes to Do 



CHAPTER I. 

The Membership Committee 

I. INTRODUCTION. 

The standard set by the Adult Department of 
the International Sunday-school Association for an 
adult Bible class is that it should be connected 
with a Sunday-school, and have a teacher, presi- 
dent, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and at 
least three committees — the membership, social and 
devotional. These three committees represent the 
three great activities of adult Bible classes, and 
furnish for us the first three chapters of our book. 
The work of the membership committee is to bring 
in new scholars and look up absentees. The work 
of the social committee is to satisfy the social life. 
The work of the devotional committee is to take 
care of the spiritual side of the class, such as Bible 
study, prayer, missions, benevolent work, etc. 
Having, therefore, stated our purpose, we proceed 
immediately to business. 



10 OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



II. THREE THINGS NECESSARY 

The success of the work of the membership 
committee depends largely upon three things: 

1. A Good Teacher. — We can catch a colt with 
an empty hat a few times, but we can not fool him 
always. We may use successful methods in bring- 
ing men and women to the Bible classes, but if the 
teacher doesn't have a full head and a full heart 
and make Bible study fascinating, the work of the 
membership committee is largely counteracted. 
We therefore desire to emphasize that the most 
important person in the adult Bible class is the 
teacher; the most important thing for the teacher 
to do is to teach the word of God. Men and 
women do not come to the Bible school to hear 
a discussion of current topics. They want an an- 
swer to such questions as "How may I inherit 
eternal life?" and "How may I make my life count 
for God and for good?" A few lessons on domestic 
science would interest a women's class, but that 
isn't what a women's Bible class wants. Teach the 
Word. Teach it enthusiastically, teach it simply, 
teach it fascinatingly, teach the great outlines, 
teach the great truths without which the soul will 
starve. 

2. Officers. — The membership committee must 
be backed by a good corps of officers. The presi- 
dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer are 
an absolute necessity to the most efficient work in 
an adult Bible class. The president should be one 
of the best business men or women of the com- 
munity. He should be a leader and a person of 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



11 



genuine worth. It is the business of the officers 
of the class to see that the committees do their 
work, and step in here and there to help whenever 
necessary. 

3. Our Bible School. — An adult Bible class must 
not only have a teacher who teaches the Bible 
and officers who direct the work, but it must be a 
class connected with the Bible school. A Bible 
class separated from the Bible school is not doing 
half the work that it otherwise could. An adult 
Bible class must feel that it is a vital part of the 
whole Bible school — it is our Bible school. We 
often tell the members of our class that at least 
two-thirds of the good the class does is outside of 
itself. To be sure, the members come to study the 
word of God and to help and be helped. But the 
adult Bible class that centers all of its activities 
within itself is selfish and will sooner or later die. 
An adult Bible class exists to inspire and help 
all departments of the school. The tiniest tot in 
the Beginners' class looks forward to the time 
when he can be in a big men's class. If this men's 
class has no connection with the Sunday-school, he 
will look forward to the time when he can quit the 
Sunday-school and be a man. The adult Bible 
class should not be so selfish as not to meet with 
the other classes of the school during the general 
exercises. "Should a men's class not be privileged 
to go right to its classroom rather than to take 
time for the opening exercises?" is often asked. 
In reply, let me ask: "Should a father, when he 
goes home at night, go straight to his den and 



12 



OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE 



THIXGS 



stay there until bedtime, or should he mix up a 
little with his children ?" 

III. ORGANIZING FOR THE MEMBERSHIP 

COMMITTEE 

1. Inside Plans. — (1) Section your class. Each 
adult Bible class should be arranged into sections 
for definite work. Mr. Wanamaker's great class of 
over one thousand, of the Bethany Presbyterian 
school in Philadelphia, is divided into sections of ten 
each, with a head for each section. 

One of the most effective plans in the subdi- 
visions of the class is called the W. M. B. plan. 
Aside from the president, vice-president, secretary 
and treasurer, there is a captain appointed for the 
two sides: (a) the W. M. B.; (b) the W. D. T. 
W. M. B. stands for "We Mean Business," and 
W. D. T. for "We Do Things." Each captain se- 
lects five helpers. These helpers are called division 
leaders. Each division leader is assigned a few 
members of the class as his helpers. It is the 
purpose of each division leader to fill out his full 
section of ten as soon as possible. Every Sunday 
in the class the W. M. B.'s are asked to stand and 
they are counted, and the W. D. T.'s are also 
counted. In this way there is a happy interest 
kept up that will stimulate the members to more 
enthusiastic service. A chart is put up on the wall 
which has on it 100 circles. As fast as each di- 
vision leader gets a new member, his circle is 
stamped with a W. M. B. or W. D. T. stamp. Wall 
charts may be secured for following out this plan, 



ONE HUNDRED AXD OXE THINGS 13 
size 30x21. Here is a small reproduction of it: 




I 2 I Section your church auditorium. Subdi- 
vide your church auditorium into a half-dozen or 
more sections. If your class is a men's class, arrange 
to have some man from the class sit in the rear 
seat of each one of these sections at each session. 
It is the business of each one of these men to speak 
to all men who may sit in his section during the 
preaching service. This systematic way of section- 
ing the church will make it impossible for any man 
to come to a preaching service without being in- 
vited to the men's class. This plan should be fol- 
lowed by at least four classes in each Bible school: 
the young men's class, the young women's class, 
the older men's class and the older women's class. 
This will put four people in each section who are 
looking out for new scholars. Following such a 



14 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



plan will mean that you will soon have your entire 
preaching audience attending the Bible school. 

2. Outside Plans. — (1) Section your territory. 
Divide your territory into four sections as follows: 
x x Appoint a leader for each one of these four 

sections. These leaders we have indicated 

x x by a small x. Each one of these district 
superintendents should subdivide his territory 
into sections and appoint a superintendent over 
each. Thus the man in the northeast section of 
your territory may have his district subdivided 
into eight sections, with a superintendent over each 
section. These sectional superintendents not only 
lcok after the regular members, but they are to 
get acquainted with all of the people in this sec- 
tion and immediately notify the minister as soon 
as any person moves in this section. He will go 
to see all newcomers. In Canton, O., a man who 
had a section near the church saw a move-wagon 
in front of a house that had been vacant. He 
immediately went in to find out who was moving 
in, invited them all to come to the Sunday-school, 
and before the cook-stove was set up he had four 
new scholars promised for the Bible school, and they 
came too. 

(2) Organize your telephones. In connection 
with any sort of a subdivided territory such as 
that suggested in the paragraph above, select dis- 
trict superintendents who have telephones, and, in 
so far as possible, have these district superin- 
tendents select sectional superintendents who have 
telephones. Such a plan will make it possible to 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 15 



reach one thousand or more people in a few hours 
by telephoning to the district superintendents, and 
they in turn to the sectional superintendents, and 
these sectional superintendents in turn getting out 
after the list in each section. 



CHAPTER II. 

The Devotional Committee 

This committee often goes under other names, 
such as "Religious," "Spiritual," "Missionary, " 
"Service," etc. Whatever may be the name, the 
devotional committee is the one that takes care of 
the spiritual side of the class work. It has as 
much to do, if not more, than any other committee 
of the class. A few of its activities are: 

1. Good Bibles. — -The devotional committee can 
not start out better than to see that each mem- 
ber of the class has a Bible. Bibles may be se- 
cured now in the American Standard Version for 
prices ranging anywhere from 4 5 cents to $10. A 
splendid Bible with helps may be secured for 
$1.50. One of the best ways for an adult Bible 
class to supply Bibles is to buy them by the dozens, 
fifties or hundreds, and then sell them to the 
members of the class at a little less than cost. In 
cur own school we buy $1.50 Bibles for $1/25 by get- 
ting them by the fifties, and then sell them to the 
school for $1. An adult Bible class can not make 
a better investment than to spend 25 cents on each 
$1.50 Bible for the members of the class. 



16 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



2. Prayer-meeting. — A large class of men in 
Covington, Ky., through its devotional committee, 
got under the prayer-meeting. In less than a 
month the prayer-meeting was more than four 
times as large as it had been. 

3. Mission-study Class. — As a devotional com- 
mittee, it is your opportunity to see that a mission- 
study class is organized in connection with your 
Sunday-school. Urge members of your class to go 
into this class. The adult class can do no greater 
service than to furnish members for the mission- 
study and teacher-training classes. You are not 
losing valuable members. You are promoting 
them. A teacher should be as happy to have a 
member of the class go into a teacher-training 
class or a mission-study class as a minister is to 
have one of his young men to go to college to 
study for the ministry. 

4. Interesting Religious Books. — Very few good 
books are read by the members of our adult Bible 
classes. It is not because they are not interested, 
but because they have not had the books recom- 
mended to them. Do not let a month go by with- 
out recommending to the class some definite book. 
Ask how many of the class would like to have it 
and then order them in quantities. For instance, 
every member of an adult Bible class should know 
about the great Sunday-school at Canton, O., 
which is one of the largest, if not the very 
largest, in the world. A description of this 
school is now in book form. The book is called 
"A Bible-school Vision." The price is 25 cents, 



OXE HUNDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 17 



not prepaid. Why not suggest the book to your 
class and ask how many members would like to 
have it. It is a good thing for each member to 
accumulate a Bible-school library. For that reason, 
it is much better that each member buy a book 
of his own than that one book be bought and dis- 
tributed among the members. Each member of 
adult Bible classes should have Charles S. Med- 
bury's three books on the Old Testament called 
"From Eden to the Jordan," ''From Jordan to the 
Throne of Saul" and "From the Throne of Saul to 
Bethlehem." They are as readable as an interest- 
ing story, and are just full of such facts as every 
intelligent person should know. The last book 
contains outlines of all the Old Testament books. 

5. Missionary Offerings. — Each active adult 
Bible class contributes regularly to missions. Con- 
tributions are generally in proportion to the infor- 
mation at hand. It is therefore necessary for the 
devotional committee to see that the class is sup- 
plied with the proper information, and that the 
offerings are taken at the proper time and in the 
proper way. 

6. Local Missionary Work. — As each adult 
Bible class should actively engage in some local 
missionary work, it needs a committee to suggest 
the kind of work and how to proceed. This is the 
work of the devotional committee. Such lines of 
activity as work in jails, hospitals, orphans' homes, 
etc., is a part of the opportunity of most Bible 
classes. Look at the list of 101 things for adult 
Bible classes to do, and you will find these sug- 



18 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



gest things that your class ought to do under the 
leadership of the devotional committee. 

7. Raising Money. — As raising money is a 
part of our worship, it properly comes under the 
work of the devotional committee. In a letter re- 
cently received from Will H. Brown, the teacher 
of the Loyal Sons class of Oakland, Cal., he sug- 
gests this plan which he has used with success: 

"Divide the class into two equal sides, rating 
according to financial ability as near as possible. 
Choose captains and secretaries, as in any other con^ 
test, and decide upon length of time for contest. 
Each twenty-five cents raised is to count one point. 
Tt is a good idea to have a chart in front of the class 
each Sunday, showing the standing of the sides 
on the preceding Sundays. In all contests of Loyal 
classes it is best for the sides to take the names 
of the class colors — for instance, for Loyal Sons 
classes, to line up under the 'Whites' and the 
'Blues.' For Loyal Daughters classes, the 'Whites' 
and the 'Golds,' and so on. This affords an op- 
portunity for emphasizing the class colors and for 
what they stand." 

8. The Loyal Secret Service Circle. — The devo- 
tional committee should see that a Secret Service 
Circle is formed within the class. See a full ex- 
planation of this on page 3 5. 

9. Pocket Testament League. — The devotional 
committee can do nothing better than to push the 
"Pocket Testament League." Read a fuller expla- 
nation of this under the chapter bearing that head- 
ing. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 19 



10. The Volunteer Band. — Each adult class 
should have a Volunteer Band made up of those 
who have consecrated their lives to whatever line 
of religious work the Lord may call them. This 
does not necessarily mean that the individual must 
be a minister or go as a missionary. The Lord 
calls some men to be Christian lawyers, others to 
be Christian merchants, others to be Christian pub- 
lic-school teachers. The pledge means that if the 
Lord opens up a larger field of service than the 
one in which the individual is at present, he will 
enter this field, no matter at what sacrifice. The 
pledge taken by the members of the Volunteer 
Band is: 



Trusting in the Lord J-esus for strength, I here- 
by offer my services to him, to devote my entire 
life to extending his kingdom in such field of 
Christian activity as he may open up to me. 

Date Name 



CHAPTER HI. 

The Social Committee 

One of the greatest punishments that can be 
inflicted is the separation of an individual from 
society. In other words, man is a social being. His 
joy is the joy of fellowship and companionship. It 
should be emphasized and re-emphasized that the 
Christian life is distinctively a life of joy, and it 
is the opportunity of the adult Bible class to fur- 



20 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



nish profitable pleasure and fine fun for its mem- 
bers. For the sake of convenience, we subdivide 
the work of the social committee into four head- 
ings: 

I. Enjoyments that are Biblically Educational. 

II. Enjoyments that are Generally Educational. 

III. Just Fun. 

IV. Service Pleasure. 

I. BIBLE GAMES 

1. Drawing- a Map. — At a social of one of our 
teacher-training classes a large sheet of paper was 
placed on the wall upon which was placed an outline 
with simply the coast of Palestine. Each person was 
given a piece of paper on which was marked a 
city or province of Palestine. At the proper time, 
these provinces and cities were located. For in- 
stance, the person who had Bethlehem had to go 
up and make a dot on the map where Bethlehem 
belongs, and then tell something about Bethlehem. 

2. One Hundred Favorite J'assages. — At one 
large social, 100 of the favorite passages of the 
Bible were selected and written out on slips of 
white paper. These slips were cut in two and one 
end handed to the men and the other to the 
women. The mix-up that was necessary for each 
person to find the other end of his slip got the 
people acquainted with each other. Then the 200 
people were arranged into groups. Those who had 
quotations from the Law met in one section, those 
from History another, those from the books of De- 
votion another, etc. Thus there were ten groups 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 21 



arranged as follows: Law, History, Devotion, Major 
Prophets, Minor Prophets, Biography, History, 
Special Letters, General Letters, Prophecy. Then 
each section was asked to do some definite thing. 
For instance, the ones that represented the Minor 
Prophets were asked to repeat the Minor Prophets. 

3. Bible Spelling. — This game can best be 
played by those who have had a good Bible teacher, 
as a considerable knowledge of the Bible is neces- 
sary for its highest success. Have the class choose 
up in two sides on the plan of the old-fashioned 
spelling-bee. Then the teacher or president an- 
nounces questions like the following: 

(1) Spell the name of the city to which Paul 
wrote his first two letters. (Thessalonica.) 

(2) Spell the name of the city where Peter's 
wife's mother was sick with fever. (Capernaum.) 

4. "I'm a Bible Man." — L. O. Thompson is a 
man who has especial talent for arranging Bible 
games that sure enough furnish the finest kind of 
fun and yet most profitable pleasure. He has writ- 
ten several fine games, such as "I'm a Bible Man," 
"I'm a Bible Woman," "Belles of the Garden," 
"Whalo," etc. 

"I'm a Bible Man" has 100 verses on Bible 
men. The name of some Bible man is pinned on 
each man present. Then each lady is given a verse 
of poetry describing a Bible man. The ladies are 
to hunt up their "Bible men." Here is one verse: 

"He is the man the ravens fed, 
When he from Jezebel had fled ; 
He dares the sins of Ahab tell ; 
His mantle on a plowman fell." 



22 



OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



The lady who gets this verse hunts up Elijah. 

5. "I'm a Bible Woman." — This game has fifty 
verses on Bible women. It is similar to "I'm a 
Bible Man." Here is one verse: 

"Romance that follows tragedy. 
Famine and want and poverty s 
Love, marriage, death and widowhood, 
The harvest-field, and Hebrew blood — 
Unite a story rare to tell ; 
Her name you should remember well." 

(Ruth.) 

II. GENERAL EDUCATION 

1. The State Capitals. — Distribute pencils and 
paper and give five minutes for those present to 
write down as many State capitals as possible. The 
one that has the largest number is the honored 
person. 

2. Foreign Countries. — Give five or ten min- 
utes for each person to write down the names of 
as many foreign countries as he can, writing some 
city in each country. In this, as well as the above, 
the person who writes the largest number is the 
honored person. 

3. English Authors. — Arrange all the persons 
present in pairs. Give ten minutes for the writing 
down of the largest number of English authors. 
This plan also may be followed with American 
authors. 

4. Apple Poetry. — We found it a most enjoyable 
pastime to assign each pair in the room some 
apple, and give them ten minutes to write a piece 
of poetry about this apple. These pieces of poetry 
are then read, and three judges decide upon the 
winning pair. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 23 



5. Belles of the Garden. — Fifty verses on things 
raised in the garden. Each lady has pinned on 
her dress the name of something that grows in the 
garden, like Miss Lettuce, Miss Parsley, Miss 
Squash. Each man is given a verse of poetry de- 
scribing these things that grow in the garden. 
Here is one verse: 

"I am unlike the blushing rose — 
It is my nature. I suppose — - 
But when the guests are not around, 
I'm always on the table founc : 
And that I think is really mean, 
I've earned the right to pose as queen." 

(Onion.) 

There is no limit to games and ether means of 
pleasure such a s suggested. We simply give 
enough to start your mind to running. 

6. Debates. — "Resolved. That women should be 
given a place in the industrial world the same as 
men." 

"Resolved, That Foreign Missions is more im- 
portant than Home Missions." 

"Resolved, That women should be given the 
right to vote." 

"Resolved, That the theater is a greater evil 
than the saloon." 

"Resolved, That it is possible to be successful 
in business and be a Christian." 

"Resolved. That it is harder for young men to 
live Christian lives than for young women." 

"Resolved, That a Bible class distinctly for men 
or a Bible class distinctly for women is better than 
a mixed Bible class." 

"Resolved, That teaching boys is a man's job." 



24 



ONE HUNDRED AND OXE THINGS 



"Resolved. That married life is happier than 
single life.'' 

"Resolved, That a man is influenced more by his 
reading than by his companions." 

"Resolved. That men in general have better dis- 
positions than women." 

"Resolved. That the simple life is more enjoy- 
able than a life with all modern conveniences." 

"Resolved. That an old-fashioned Fourth of July 
is better than a 'sane' Fourth." 

"Resolved. That it is possible to have pure milk" 
in the city." 

"Resolved. That a person learns more before he 
is twelve than after." 

"Resolved. That Moses had greater influence for 
good over Israel than Joshua." 

"Resolved. That the motive of reward has great- 
er influence over the world than that of fear." 

"Resolved. That man does right because of pop- 
ular opinion rather than because of genuine good- 
ness." 

"Resolved. That the proper observance of Sun- 
day is necessary to the safety of a nation." 

"Resolved. That two meals a day are sufficient." 

"Resolved. That cigarettes are more injurious 
to a boy than swearing." 

"Resolved. That men are naturally more relig- 
ious than women." 

"Resolved. That handicaps are a good thing." 

"Resolved. That young men have more ups and 
downs than young women." 

"Resolved, That the saloon is a greater enemy 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 25 



to organized labor than long hours or underpay. " 

"Resolved. That laughter is more religious than 
a serious face." 

"Resolved. That the Catholic Church is exerting 
a good influence on the world." 

"Resolved. That enthusiasm in a Bible-class 
teacher is more important than intelligence." 

"Resolved, That the divided condition of the 
church as it is to-day is a desirable thing." 

"Resolved, That members of young ladies' 
classes should be promoted when married." 

III. JUST FUN 

1. Guess What. — Pour persons are taken out 
cf the room. Three understand the game, but one 
of the four does not. These four select some 
sentence with four words; such as, "John bought 
seventeen zebras." The four go back in, and at 
the signal of the leader each person calls out at 
the same time his word. It is explained to the 
audience that the problem is to guess what the 
sentence is. It will, of course, be impossible for 
the audience to guess. The leader then takes the 
four back to the private room, where an easier 
sentence is selected. This time the following 
sentence is taken, "John sold a horse." The one 
of the four that does not understand the game is 
given the second word. All are instructed to yell 
real loud when the time comes. Three of the four, 
however, understand that when the signal of the 
leader is given they are to keep quiet and let the 
one person call out "sold." 



26 



OXE HUXDBED AND OXE THIXGS 



2. Dry Crackers. — At a social in Chicago, a 
prize was given to the person who could first eat 
a large dry cracker without the aid of any water, 
and then whistle "Yankee Doodle." A minister 
won the prize. 

Such games as the carrying of potatoes on a 
spoon, the hunting of hidden things, the putting 
of the tail on a donkey, shooting of hearts with 
arrows, etc., are included under the "Just Fun" 
games. Get a list of books on games from your 
publisher, or see them in the back of this book. 

IV. SERVICE PLEASURE 

The most permanent, and withal the most prof- 
itable, pleasure for members of adult Bible classes 
is what we desire to call service pleasures. Com- 
panionship in service is a most permanent com- 
panionship. A few of the service pleasure activi- 
ties are: 

1. Reception Work. — Each Sunday morning 
each adult Bible class should have a reception 
committee to greet all members and friends of the 
class. This is work that any Christian thoroughly 
enjoys after he gets into it, and it is certainly 
"profitable pleasure." 

2. Looking Up Absentees. — Let the members of 
the class go out two by two to look up the ab- 
sentees of the class. This is service pleasure that 
is tangible and most satisfactory. 

8. Doing Personal Wcrk. — If a Christian doesn't 
enjoy doing personal work, he hasn't gotten into 
that circle of fellowship that brings a joy that no 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 27 



other one can know. One night at Steubenville, O., 
1 saw a young lady crying. They were tears of 
joy, not of sorrow. She was teaching a young 
ladies' class, and that night the last one of the 
young ladies had confessed Christ. Here is where 
the work of the social committee joins hands with 
the devotional committee. 



CHAPTER IV. 
Special Committees 

I. LIBRARY COMMITTEE 

Secure all of the books that have been written 
on the organized adult Bible class and upon Bible 
study adapted to the adult Bible classes. Write 
for a list of books suitable for an adult Bible- 
class library. 

II. SPECIAL LESSONS COMMITTEE 

The regular uniform lessons, because of their 
very nature, can not in a brief space give the whole 
sweep of history locating the great events of' the 
Old and New Testaments. It is therefore essential 
that at some time every member of ^very adult 
Eible class be put through a course tb~*. will ar- 
range systematically the Bible knowledge the indi- 
vidual already has, and lay the foundation for 
future study. Special lessons are now being in- 
troduced into the lower grades of the school, so 
the time has come for an advanced ste;) in the 



2S 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



adult classes. Thousands of classes composed of 
members over sixteen years of age are dropping 
the uniform lessons for a period of six months and 
taking up lessons that give the reasons for be- 
lieving that the Bible is the word of God, that 
Jesus is the Son of God, and that give simple out- 
lines into which all Bible knowledge may be ar- 
ranged. Write to your publishers for leaflets on 
special lessons for the adult Bible classes. 

III. BOYS' COMMITTEE AND GIRLS* COM- 
MITTEE 

Appoint in connection with each men's class a 
boys' committee, and with each women's class a 
girls' committee. The purpose of the boys' com- 
mittee would be to see that the boys are cared for. 
One of the first purposes of a men's class is to look 
after the boys between the ages of nine and sixteen. 
See that the boys are supplied with men teachers. 
See that every phase of the boys' life is taken care 
of. The "Big Brother Movement," which urges 
each man to pick out some definite boy and look 
after him, is a good one. See that the boys' classes 
are properly organized and that their equipment 
is as good as can be supplied under the circum- 
stances. The junior boys are often organized into 
a boys' choir and the intermediate boys into 
various athletic clubs, such as baseball, basket-ball, 
tennis, etc. 

IV. LITERATURE COMMITTEE 

This committee sees that the class is supplied 
with the proper literature. An adult Bible-class 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 29 

paper should be given out each Sunday. P. H. 
Welshimer's great Loyal Bereans class in Canton, 
O., distributes over six hundred copies of The 
Lookout every week. He claims that it pays, even 
ill a financial way. Then, in addition to this, think 
of the wonderful influence that good literature 
will exert in six hundred homes in that city. The 
only objection we have ever heard to supplying a 
weekly paper for the members of an adult Bible 
class is that it costs too much. To such let us 
say, "Try it." Sometimes in our efforts to save 
we lose as much or more than we save. We are 
like a man who dropped a five-cent piece from an 
open street car after he had paid his fare. He got 
off and went back and hunted around for the 
nickel, and finally found it. Then he gave it to 
the next street-car conductor to get home. 

Aside from furnishing regular adult publica- 
tions for the members of the class, the literature 
committee should push the reading of good books. 
At a meeting of the National Christian Field Work- 
ers' Association in St. Louis, in January, 1911, a 
motion was unanimously passed recommending a 
"Read a Book Campaign." The plan to push the 
campaign is simply to ask each person of each 
adult Bible class to read one book during the year. 
A list of books may be secured from the publishers 
oi this book. 

V. SPECIAL DAYS' COMMITTEE 

This committee has charge of such days as 
Easter, Christmas, Fall Rally, Mothers' Day, De- 



2 



ONE HUNDRED AXD OXE 



THINGS 



cision Day and Red, Green, Blue and Pink Letter 
Days, etc. These special days open up splendid op- 
portunities for increased activity, and should be 
used to the greatest possible extent. 

VI. BIBLE COMMITTEE 

The Bible Committee is to see, first, that each 
member of the class has a Testament or a Bible 
and carries it with him to the Bible school. They 
should next see that every member of the Bible 
school has a Bible. After this is accomplished, 
the members of this committee should push the 
Pocket Testament League, the placing of Bibles 
in hotels, penitentiaries, asylums, hospitals, work- 
houses, jails, mission Bible schools, etc. 

VII. EXTENSION DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE 

Each Bible class should have in connection with 
it an extension or home department. The chair- 
man of this extension committee is an assistant 
superintendent of the home department. When- 
ever any person is found who ought to belong to 
the class who can not come at the time of the 
class meeting, he is enrolled on the extension (or 
home) department of the class, and takes part in 
all the activities of the class except attending on 
Sunday. These extension members are pledged to 
spend at least one-half hour each week in reading 
the regular Sunday-school lessons. The advantage 
oi having an extension or home department in con- 
nection with each class is that when any member 
of such a department comes to the Bible school, he 



ONE HUNDRED AXD ONE THINGS 31 



immediately finds his place and feels at home. It 
is linking up the members of the home department 
to the classes where they would be if they came 
regularly. 

VIII. ATHLETIC COMMITTEE 

In connection with young men's Bible classes 
a committee is appointed to care of the athletic- 
life. This committee should be composed of very 
wise and thoroughly consecrated men. 

IX. VESTIBULE COMMITTEE 

This committee is present at least a half hour 
before the class session, ready to receive all mem- 
bers and friends. 

X. OTHER CLASSES COMMITTEE 

It is well for each organized class to have a 
committee whose business it is to see that other 
classes in the same school and in other schools are 
organized up to the International standard. If 
your class is a Loyal Sons class, make it your aim 
to organize a Loyal Sons class in every possible 
Sunday-school. The same would apply to other 
Loyal classes. Leaflets for such work may be ob- 
tained free. 

XI. SICK COMMITTEE 

Aside from the membership committee, this 
committee takes especial care of those of the class 
who are sick, carrying flowers and other expres- 
sions of attention. 



32 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



XII. POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE COM- 
MITTEE 

The Pocket Testament League movement is so 
important that it is well, in connection with a 
class of twenty-five or more, to have a special com- 
mittee for this. (See Chap. VII.) 

XIII. EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE 

This committee conducts an Employment Bu- 
reau in connection with the class. The following 
blanks are used by the great Bushwick Avenue 
Methodist Church in Brooklyn. They will explain 
the plan: 

Employment Department 

To Employers 

BUSHWICK AVENUE CENTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
SUNDAY-SCHOOL 

Frank L. Brown, Fupt., 
llu Bushwick Ave. 

Employment Department 

Brooklyn, N. Y., , 1911. 

Dear Sir : — We beg to call attention to the Employment 
Department of this Sunday-school, which undertakes to 
furnish business help of all kinds. 

In the school there are about one thousand young people 
and adults over fourteen years of age, a fair proportion of 
them wage-earners. 

This Employment Department has found places for more 
than five hundred in • the last eighteen months. We are 
seeking to extend the department's usefulness, and ask for 
a fair trial by you of its facilities. No charge is made 
either to applicant or employer, the work necessary being 
undertaken solely as a matter of practical service to our 
school membership and neighborhood. 

If you need stenographers, typewriters, clerks of any 
description, mechanics, bookkeepers, young ladies for office 
help or for a good class of manual work, or men for general 
or special work, please write or telephone, stating what you 
want and the salary paid. 



ONE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



Kindly keep the enclosed card before you and use it 
for your next vacancy, and greatly oblige. 

Cordially yours, 

Telephone, Xo." 663 Bush wick. Supt. 



Application Form 
Employment Department 

BUSHWICK AVENUE M. E. SUNDAY-SCHOOL 

Name. 

Address. 

Age. 

What public school do you attend, if any. and what is 
your grade? 

If you have left school, did you graduate? 

What school and grade did you leave? 

How long have you been a member of our Sunday-school? 

Name of present teacher. 

Give names and business of previous employers, if any, 
and cause for leaving. 

Are you a member of any church, and where? 

Are your parents, if living, church-members, and where? 

Make here a set of figures — 1 to 10. 

What is your preference as to form of employment? 

What do you consider your general qualification for such 
a position to be? 

Whom do you refer to as to habits, ability and general 
character? Signature' . 

Date — — . 



CHAPTER V. 

Finding Prospects 

Aside from the plans for getting new members 
suggested in Chapter I., under "Organizing Plans," 
the following have been tried with success: 

1. Hot Prospect Cards. — Make a brief, enthusi- 
astic talk before your class about the opportunity 
and the necessity of going after new members. 
Then ask how many know at least one person who 



34 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



doesn't go to some Sunday-school. Of course all 
hands will go up. Then ask how many know at 
least two people who do not go to Bible school. 
Many hands will go up. Then ask how many know 
at least five. Doubtless a few hands will go up on 
this. Then it is time for you to produce your "hot 
prospect cards" and distribute them. Have plenty 
of pencils right at hand so that the names may be 
filled out immediately. The best time to have a 
thing done is when the people are in the notion. 
Your speech has prepared the class, so have them 
write down the names immediately. Five minutes 
for such a work is net wasted time. See "hot pros- 
pect card" on another page. These "hot prospect 
cards" when filled out are to be handed aver to 
the membership committee. 

2. House-to-house Canvass. — Every community 
should be canvassed from house to house at least 
once a year. You may think that you know your 
field, but you most likely will be surprised when 
the report is turned in. Many people are coming 
and going of whom you do not know. Then, aside 
from the information received from a house-to- 
house canvass, the invitation cards left by your 
class will give your class and school a good adver- 
tisement. These house-to-house invitations should 
be done on a certain day and at certain hours. In 
our own school we have these house-to-house invita- 
tions on Sunday afternoon from two to five o'clock. 
One hundred people can easily canvass (in three 
hours) the territory in which ten thousand people 
live. Call together those who will be willing to do 



OXE HUXDRED AND OXE THIXGS 



35 



this house-to-house work. Doubtless some per- 
sonal work will need to be done in order to get the 
necessary people. At this meeting, hand to eack 
person a card showing him the exact territory that 
he is to canvass, and indicate by dots whether he 
is to take both ?ides of the street or just one side. 
In the chapter on "Rally Days" we give a repro- 
duction of a house-to-house report blank. 

3. Systematic Bible-school Invitations. — Just be- 
fore any special day, it is well to divide your terri- 
tory and have every house visited in a Bible-school 
invitation canvass. This is different from the house- 
to-house invitation in that the workers simply 
go to the door and tell the persons in the home 
that they have come to ask them to come to the 
Bible school on the following Sunday. If all the 
members of this home already go to Bible school, 
tell them you are glad of it, and pass on to the 
next home. If they do not go to the Bible school, 
you will possibly be able to get either a positive or 
a prooaWe promise. Write down on a card the 
name and the address of each person promising 
positively or probably, and report this to the chair- 
man of your membership committee. All those 
who have promised either positively or probably 
should be sent an invitation by mail on Saturday. 

4. Home Department Lists. — Your Home De- 
partment superintendent will be very glad to have 
you take the names of those who are on the de- 
partment, that you may go to see them and urge 
them to come to the regular Bible school. One 
of the best things about the Home Department is 



ONE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGs 



that such departments create an appetite for more 
Bible knowledgs, and the Home Department soon 
breaks up and the "pieces go to the Bible school." 

5. Oncers. — When we have a Bible-school cam- 
paign of a few weeks or a month, we often follow 
the "oncer" plan. We get out a card like this: 



I promise to attend the Bible school at least 
once on or before June 1, 1911. 

(Signed) 

Church . 



By keeping close track of these "oncers" and go- 
ing after them again, they can be made "twicers" and 
sooner or later "regulars/' Do not call any one 
in your school a visitor. ]\Iake him feel at home 
as soon as he comes. When you are treated as a 
visitor in the home you do not feel very much at 
home. Let each person who comes to the school 
understand that even although he is there just one 
day, the school is his for that one day. We all 
love to stay in the homes where we feel at home. 

6. A Loyal Sons' Plan. — Frequently invite vis- 
itors to your class sessions. Never permit a visitor 
tc get away without a cordial greeting and the fill- 
ing out of a card about as follows, changed, of 
course, to suit the name of the class: 



LOYAL SONS* VISITOR 














...191.. 


Brought by 





ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 37 



Keep a list of all visitors, and invite them to 
future meetings, socials, etc., and, at the oppor- 
tune time, urge them to join the class. Many new 
members may be obtained in this way, 



CHAPTER VI. 

Loyal Secret Service Circle 

Each adult Bible class lives not for self, but 
for service. To get the largest possible service 
from the members of any class, a definite plan 
should be followed. The best plan we know of is 
the Loyal Secret Service Circle method. The letter 
given here, and the two post-cards that appear on 
the following pages, will explain this plan in detail. 
Keep as careful a record of the hours given for 
service as you do of your money. Mention this 
service plan from time to time. The teacher and 
other officers of the class should fill out one of the 
cards each Sunday, not only because of the good 
they will do in the service, but because of the in- 
fluence they will have on others. Include in your 
class report each Sunday something like the fol- 
lowing: "Attendance," 51 ; offering, $3.35; offering 
of hours, 27; Bibles, 49." 

Loyal Secret Service Letter. — The following is a 
suggestion for a letter to be sent by the teacher of 
an adult class explaining the Loyal Secret Service 
Circle: 



Dear Coworker : — We have as a vital part of our Bible 
class a Loyal Secret Service Circle. Those who belong to 



X 



"a 



CO 



CO 



o 

z 



5» $ 



53 ^ 



a «-> 



a -a 



a 3 

Vl v. 



11 



a<o 



a a t: 
a 

^ S 

^ a s* 

5 5 ^ 

^ S t; 



<a a 
-a ^: 

"a 

r! 



a E 

•s * 

— -a «-» 2 



5 5 K * - * 

^ e 3 T O cs 



5 a s 



a 53 , 
a .s 



-a 



5 3 



a 

, a 



* a"* 1 * 



n v, -a 



to § 

a ^» 
a .a 

V. ** 

a - 

. a 
- 5f 

a^ 
. * %. 

^ S 
a ^ 
a a 

i 5» 



' -*e a ■ 

i 

S p 

^ a ^ 
a a 

a •* 

fe< a a 
a a 

« a 

^5 



•a -5 



a ^ 

o a 

^> a 



a^. 



§ 



So 

o 

*• 

>s 

■5 
to 

v 7 

<i Z 

1 s 

-2 ° 

I i 

V iS 



•a 



REPORT OF THE 

"LOYAL SECRET SERVICE WORKERS" 



HE ABSENTEES are marked with aruA; the prospective 



members with a P; and the new members who joined 



our class last Sunday with an M. For convenience use 
the following numbers in reporting: 1. Will join the class. 
2. Sick. 3. Not at home, left card. 4. Indifferent. 5. Has a 
grievance. 6. Had company. 7. Moved. (Give new address.) 
n. Out of town. 9. In addition to these figures add the figure 
9 if the person promises to come next Sunday. 
Kindly mail this report by Wednesday upon the following:— 



Name 



Address 



Name . 
Address 



Name . 
Address 



Name 



Address 



Name 



Address 



Date Signature 

Note.— I have secured persons, this week, as 

members of the Pocket Testament League. Will hand in 
the names next Sunday. 

When ordering this card ask for A. B. C. card No. 11. Published by 
The Loyal Movement. Box 5. Station N, Cincinnati, O. 40c. per 100. 




40 OXE HUNDRED AXD ONE THINGS 



this circle pledge at least one hour of service for the class 
each week. This plan can only be worked through persons 
who are willing to sacrifice an hour or two on Sunday after, 
noon, or on some day of evening during the week. The 
members of this circle are often to meet "together in a sort 
of an inner circle and have many good times together. 
Their work and their reports arc of such a character that 
they must not be discussed by the class at large. 

If you feel that you would like to join this Loyal Secret 
Service Circle, all you need to do is to fill out one of the 
•Collection of Hours" cards next Sunday, saying that you 
will give at least one hour during the week to some kind of 
work for the class. This hour may he spent in pushing the 
Pocket Testament League, in looking up absentees, in call- 
ing upon the new members of the class, in going after new 
scholars, in telephoning, in writing letters or postals con- 
cerning the class, or doing any definite work. 

We are going to have a meeting of those who are mem- 
bers, or will consider joining the Loyal Secret Service Circle, 
at 9 a. M. next Sunday in the room of the church. 

Remember this is a good chance for you to show that you 
are loyal. Confidentially yours. 



CHAPTER VII. 
The Pocket Testament League 

I. WHERE IT BEGAN 

The Pocket Testament League was started by 
Mrs. Charles M. Alexander; in Birmingham, Eng- 
land. 

II. ITS MEMBERS 

Any one may belong to the League who will 
make it a rule of his life to carry a Bible or Testa- 
ment wherever he goes and read a chapter each 
day. There are no dues or assessments. One Bible 
class at Buffalo ordered one thousand of the 
Pocket Testaments. Certainly every member of 
every adult Bible class should belong to this 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 41 

Pocket Testament League. The pledge is as fol- 
lows: 



POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE 

I hereby accept membership in the Pocket 
Testament League by making it a rule of my life to 
r< j ad at least one chapter in the Bible each day, 
and to carry a ^Testament or Bible with me 
wherever I go. 

Signature 

Date. Address. 

*A copy of "The Gospels and Acts" will fulfill 
the pledge. 



III. THE TESTAMENT 

In order to be able to give each member of the 
Pocket Testament League an attractive Testament 
and yet an inexpensive one, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 
the publishers of the American Standard Version, 
have put out a copy of the "Gospels and Acts'' in 
flexible cloth, with helps, to be sold at the remark- 
ably low price of 10 cents per copy. Where or- 
dered in single copies, add two cents for postage. 
In this form, it is called the "Daily Reader's 
Pocket Testament Xo. 5." The words of Christ are 
printed in black-faced type, and it is self-pro- 
nouncing, with foot-notes. The table of contents 
of the helps is as follows: 

1. Seven Reasons for Believing that Jesus 
Christ is the Son of God. 

2. The Books of the New Testament. 

3. How to Handle the Bible in Winning Souls. 

4. What to Read When— 

5. A Pew Things to Locate. 



42 ' OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



6, 7. One Hundred Passages to Memorize. 
8-19. A Harmony of the Life of Christ. 
2 0, 21. A Few Psalms. 

22. Helpful Proverbs. 

23. Some Helpful Books on Bible Study. 

24. Pocket Testament League Pledge. 

"Why not sit down now, address a letter to the 
publishers of this book, put six two-cent stamps 
in it, and tell them you want the "Daily Reader's 
Pocket Testament Xo. 5"? When you receive your 
Testament, then make a speech before your adult 
class and ask all who would be willing to join the 
League to held up their hands. 

IV. NECESSARY ORGANIZATION 

All the organization that is necessary is to ap- 
point a secretary in each class to push the work. 

V. A POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE COM- 
MITTEE 

The suggestion was made by Mr. W. T. Damon, 
the teacher of a class of five hundred young men 
in Buffalo, that each adult Bible class select a few 
people to present the Pocket Testament League 
work before the young people's societies and all 
other organizations where men and women and 
boys and girls are gathered together. 



OXE HUXDRED, AXD OXE THIXG& 43 



CHAPTER VIII. 
Rally Days 

Why Have Them, How to Have Them, and 
How to Follow Them Up 

Rally Day is a good or bad thing, as it is well 
or wrongly worked. In our own school, we have 
found the annual Rally Day indispensable. It has 
wrought, good, and only good, in building up the 
school and in aiding it in more thorough work. 

f. WHY HAVE IT 

1. It will permanently increase the attendance 
of your school. 

2. It will advertise your school before the com- 
munity. 

3. It will put your workers in touch with the 
community in a way that would not otherwise be 
possible. 

4. A rightly planned Rally Day puts everybody 
tc work, from the primary children to those in the 
adult Bible classes. 

5. It puts enthusiasm into your school that 
will never die out. 

6. Through the proper following up of Rally 
Day, many will be won to Christ. 

II, WHEN TO HAVE IT 

Generally speaking, September and October are 
the best months for rallies, but they may be held 
at any time, according to local needs. 



44 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



III. HOW TO BEGIN 

1. At a meeting of the teachers and officers 
just as soon as you can arrange for it, bring the 
matter before them, explaining what the Rally Day 
is, how you propose to have it worked up, and 
what are the anticipated results. 

2. At this meeting of teachers and officers, de- 
cide upon a motto for Rally Day. The motto may 
be the number you expect to have present, or it 
may Include the offering as well, if it is your first 
Rally Day, it would be better for your motto to 
be simply the number you expect present. This 
number should be about twice as many as your 
average attendam ;e. 

IV. HOW TO PROCEED 

1. After the teachers and officers have set their 
motto, then announce the action before the school 
in an enthusiastic, optimistic way. This makes the 
school feel that they can reach the motto and that 
the biggest thing to them for the time is Rally Day. 

2. Supply the teachers and scholars with a lib- 
eral quantity of cards like the following: 



11 1- : 


1 ... 


\'o. and Street 


This is to remind 
that you have prom 
to attend the 
Bible-school Ral 
at the 
rim 


c : 
I • 

o ; 
o c 


PROMISES TO ATTEND 

The Bible-school Rally 

at the 

CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

Ts this person in Sunday-school? — 

To \N|hat church does he or she belong? 


(Put remarks on other side.) 



ONE HUNDRED AND 



ONE 



THINGS 



45 



3. Put in front of your church a neatly painted 
sign announcing your rally and the number you 
expect present. 

4. As you have begun four or five weeks before 
your Rally Day to prepare thoroughly for it, ask 
that the pledge-cards that have been used by the 
scholars be brought to the school from Sunday to 
Sunday. Then, if, on the first Sunday after the 
cards are distributed, fifty cards are returned, an- 
nounce this to the school in order to encourage 
them in their work and to make them feel sure 
that you will reach your motto. These cards 
should be kept by the superintendent or the min- 
ister, and used in soliciting those who have prom- 
ised to attend to become regular members of the 
school. 

V, THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE RALLY 

About three weeks before your rally, plan to 
make a house-to-house visitation of your entire 
community. Divide your city or town into sec- 
tions, and send people out two by two on a certain 
day. On one Sunday afternoon, our own Sunday- 
school workers reached with comparative ease 
every home in a town of 20,000. This work can 
be done in the country as well as in the cities and 
villages. You may imagine you know all the peo- 
ple in your community, but the probability is you 
do not. On the next page is a reproduction of a 
house-to-house visitation blank used by the vis- 
itors. A glance at it will reveal the wonderful 
amount of information such a plan will gather. 



46 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITATION BLANK 



Please fill plainly and accurately. 



Name 

No. and Street 

no. persons over sixteen) fci-;:;:;;;;;;;;;:;; 

No. persons under sixteen j ^£^5 

Father's church 

Mother's church ._ .• 

No. children church-members 

Are parents in S. S.? What one?. 

No. children in S. S. What one? 

Give names of children below, stating age of each one 
under sixteen 



Signed by Visitor 



Put an X in the proper space below. 



Hopeful 




Sick 




Needy 




Colored 





Put remarks on the back. 



VI. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE RALLY 

Two weeks before the Rally Day give to each 
one who promises to be present on the Rally Day 
a loindow card, to be placed in the front window, 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 47 



so that those who pass along the street may see 
that somebody in that home is going to the Rally 
Day. We give below a condensed card used in 
preparation for our Rally Day in Steubenville, Oct. 
2, 1905: 



WE'RE GOING 

— TO THE — 

CHRISTIAN CHURCH BIBLE- 
SCHOOL RALLY 

October 2. 



MOTTO : 1,200 PRESENT 

Time: Reception and Song Service, 9:30 a. m. 
School proper begins at 10 A. m. 

— GO! - = 



VII. THE DAY BEFORE THE RALLY 

The Saturday before Rally Day can be used to 
advantage by sending the boys of your school with 
a telegram to every one who has promised to come, 
tc the business houses, and to any one else by 
whom in your judgment it would be well received. 
Prom our own experience the use of telegrams has 
resulted in creating a deeper interest in the Rally 
Day and in the future work of the school. Here is 
one that may be suited to any school. You should 
see a copy to appreciate its value. 



48 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



Christian Union Telegraph Company 

Not Incorporated. No Monopoly. 

254,698 S. S. Offices in the World. 25,637,118 Patrons 

This company delivers messages to any one. It is ex- 
pected that this message will be REPEATED by every- 
one who receives it, to somebody else. To eruard against 
ERRORS you are urged to be faithful to the Sunday- 
school and all services of the church. 

This message can be verified by attending the RALLY 

DAY EXERCISES at the CHURCH, SUNDAY, 

, 19... ---- , SUPT. 



11:37 a. m., , 19.. 

To 



You are expected at the BIBLE-SCHOOL RALLY 

at the CHURCH to-morrow. The 

school begins at Please answer by your 

presence. We expect a great school. 



Envelopes for enclosing the above telegrams 
have on them these words: 



Christian Union Telegraph Company 

Not Incorporated. No Monopoly. 

MERSAGES SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 



Charges Paid. 



OXE HUNDRED AXD ONE THIXGS 49 



VIII. A DOOR-BELL CALL 

Where the telegrams are used on Saturday 
evening, as suggested, it will net be necessary to 
do anything on Sunday morning to get people out 
for Tally Day. but where the telegrams are not 
used, a "Door-bell Call" on the morning of the 
rally we have found works well. Here is the one 
used a few years ago. 



Dear Friends : — All persons in this house are 
wanted at the Christian Church Bible-school rally 
this morning. Song service and Greeting. 9 :30. 
School proper. 10 o'clock. One thousand two hun- 
dred beautiful souvenirs will be given away. The 
largest Sunday-school that ever assembled in this 
part of the country is expected. Hear the or- 
chestra. Hear the children sing. Hear the Bible 
study. You can not afford to stay away. Forty 
teachers and officers and sixteen ushers will be at 
your service. 

Herbert H._ Moninger, Minister. 

L. E. Holroyd. Superintendent. 

Miss Daisy Yocum, 
Mrs. h. Fellows, 
John Brown, 

Committee. 



The city had been visited and a card, of which 
the above is a fac-simile. was taken to each home 
about half-past seven on "Rally Day morning. They 
were taken soon enough that the people might have 
time after the call to get ready and come to the 
Rally Day service. 

IX. SOME OTHER PLANS 

The plans suggested above will be enough for 
any school to try to use on one Rally Day. but we 
suggest these for use at some future time. 



50 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



1. In Canton, O., on Saturday afternoon before 
a special Rally Day, every member of the church, 
and others who would supply some sort of a ve- 
hicle, were to bring them to the church. Then 
all who were willing to call that afternoon gath- 
ered, and they took these rigs and started out after 
those who were absent the Sunday before and the 
prospectives. One person drove and the other 
went up to the door and enthusiastically told them 
about the rally next day. In this way, several hun- 
dred people knew about the work of the school. 

2. In one city of Iowa, as soon as they set 
their motto for Rally Day, it was placed in the 
center of a large target made for the purpose, and 
placed where every one who came to Sunday-school 
or preaching service could see it. The superin- 
tendent and minister in their announcements called 
attention to the mark they wanted to hit on Rally 
Day. 

3. In a sniall city in Ohio, all places of business 
were visited on Saturday evening and an invitation 
given to attend the rally on the following morning. 
Where this plan is followed, the visitors should be 
very brief in their calls and should carry a little 
card on which is the announcement of the Rally 
Day. 

4. One very successful school follows the plan 
of having each member of the school for thirty 
days before the rally speak to a new person each 
day about it. This scheme will work remarkably 
well if intelligently pushed. 

5. Where the churches publish a little church 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 51 



paper, a special Rally Day edition is gotten out 
on Saturday before the Rally Day. 

6. The wise use of bulletin boards in front of 
factories, on prominent street corners, within the 
railway stations, and other places, will help do the 
work. I know of one Baptist Church that adver- 
tises through an electrical sign that goes on and 
off every few seconds from seven to twelve o'clock 
at night. 

Remember, no plan will work unless you ivork it. 
Sunday-school success doesn't happen. 

X. SOUVENIRS 

Some souvenirs should be given out on Rally 
Day. They will please the scholars and perma- 
nently benefit the school. Aside from other bene- 
fits, the advertising value of souvenirs is no small 
thing. 

XL THE PROGRAM 

If you have carefully planned and executed 
your work, you will have an enthusiastic crowd 
when the day of the rally comes. The plans we 
have given you are not theory, but have been tried 
personally, and in various schools all over the 
United States, and we do not know of one case 
where, if strictly followed, the school fell below 
the motto set. 

But you are probably thinking that all the prep- 
aration has been made to get a large attendance 
and the names and addresses, the Sunday-school 
ar,d the church relationships of all those who have 
promised to come, and we have said nothing about 



52 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 

a program. This is as we believe it should be. 
Let your program on Rally Day be similar to that 
of every other Sunday, only making sure that you 
sing the songs that you know best, that your teach- 
ers are thoroughly prepared to teach the lesson, 
and that you have in mind the exact program from 
beginning to end, so that the visitors for the day 
will see that your school is really a Bible school 
in an enthusiastic study of God's word. 

"But," you ask, "why not have a special pro- 
gram? Why not have the children recite? Why 
not have the young men declaim? Why not have 
a special order of exercises throughout?" The 
answer is easy. [f you should invite me to take 
dinner at your home, and 1 found your table laden 
with chicken and sweet potatoes and all the deli- 
cacies of the season, 1 would have no way of know- 
ing what your regular bill of fare is; but if 1 sit 
at your table when no extra preparation has been 
made, then T wH know whether or not T would 
want to dine at your house all the time. So, when 
visitors ccme to the Sunday-school and have an 
elaborate program served up to them, they know 
not what sort of diet the scholars get every Sun- 
day. But wmen you serve up to them the regular 
meal in a palatable and orderly manner, then you 
are on the way toward getting them as regular at- 
tendants. 

XII. FOLLOWING UP THE RALLY 

If you have made a five or six weeks' prepara- 
tion for Rally Day; if you have received from Sun- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



53 



day to Sunday the names and addresses, the church 
and Sunday-school relationships of those who have 
promised to attend; if you have made the Sunday- 
school on Rally Day enjoyable to those present — 
then you have laid the foundation for a successful 
following up of all that has been done. Take 
those pledge-cards. Arrange them by streets and 
numbers and see that each individual is called upon 
and given a personal invitation to become a regular 
member of the schooL Whenever you have any 
special days, send each one of these persons an in- 
vitation. When your evangelistic meetings begin, 
see that they are personally solicited to attend. 
One school, in thus following up the Rally Day, 
had 211 additions^ many of whom were found in 
the preparation for and the following up of Rally 
Day. 



CHAPTER IX, 
Special-day Invitations 
I. HOME-COMING ANNOUNCEMENT 
A Day with a Purpose 

Home-coming Day in our Sunday-school next Sunday is a 
great day with a great purpose. The purpose of every 
"Home-coming" is to bring together all the members of a 
family. You always enjoy most those home-comings in your 
own family which bring together the largest number of its 
members. 

Our Sunday-school is a great family. Many of its mem- 
bers meet in our church home every week. Others are often 
prevented. But on Home-coming Day every member should 
be present to meet and mingle with' all the other members 
of our great family, making a home-coming that brings joy 
to every heart, a glad day that will never be forgotten. 
You must be there to make the day complete. 



54 ONE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



Do you not think that* with a family of one thousand two 
hundred active members, we should have an attendance of 
at least one thousand? Are you willing to help by being 
present yourself? By bringing every member of your own 
home circle who does not attend another Sunday-school? By 
looking up some member of our school who might not come 
except for your efforts? 

I am sure you can be counted upon to help because 
of your loyalty to the school and its work, and pray that 
our Father's blessing may be with you. and every member of 
our school every day. Cordially yours. 

Nov. 4. 1910. Prank M. Root, Superintendent. 

The above is an invitation sent out by the 
superintendent of the First Church of Christ of 
Akron, O. 

II. A PENNANT ANNOUNCEMENT 

In preparation for a special day. the West 
Broadway Church of Christ, Toledo, O., put out a 
unique announcement in the form of a pennant. 
The original was 5%x9 inches. 



i 



C3 

I 

o 

B 

CD 



o 
5 
Hi 

a 



Get 

jjl^OAV. NOV 13 . W|£ 

free Excursion 




ONE HUNDRED AXD ONE THINGS 55 
III. HALLOWE'EN INVITATION 



Hallowe'en come? but once a year, 
Over at my house you will find 

good cheer. 
I shall certainly expect you at a 

quarter to eight : 
Later than that ghosts will have 

closed the gate. 

Mrs. Laura ^ a la . 
1168 Fifth Ave.. Grand Rapids. 

Mich. Oct. 13. 1910. 

BRIXG SHEET AND FACE MASK. 



IV. EASTER MESSAGE 

A Vision— A Reality 

Robert A. Doan. 

Does this Easter Day bring to you a vision? And is 
this vision a picture of what your life might be if fully sur- 
rendered to Him who said. "1 am the resurrection and the 
life"? 

If your eyes have b^en opened wide to the great light of 
heaven, your vision to-day may become a reality. The 
opening buds of springtime may become to you a revelation. 
You may see clearly that out of your life apparently dead 
in sin there may burst forth new and more abundant life. 
As the sun awakens the sleeping Sowers in the springtime, 
so. if you will, the Son of man may bring forth from your 
slumbering life of sin the pure flower of right living. 

Among the orange groves of Florida the exquisite per- 
fume of the delicate orange blossoms becomes much more 
fragrant after nightfall. If, in the bright daytime of your 
life, the Sun of righteousness may reach and warm your 
heart, it will give forth the sweet incense of love when the 
darkness of trouble or discouragement comes. And this 
beautiful blossom of love will make the night-time of your 
life a blessing. 

But if this vision of a resurrection from your dead 
self remains only a dream, "you are of all men most mis- 
erable." My joyful Easter messau< j to you to-day is the 
assurance that, through Christ, it is possible for you to 
make the vision of what you might be the reality of what 
you are. May God help you to do it. 

Bro. Doan is the teacher of one of the largest 




56 OXE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



(if not the largest) men's classes in the world. It 
is the Berean class at Xelsonville, O. 

V. MEN'S PARADE 

This is a reproduction of a card, 6x3 Vi, used by 
the Akron (O.) Sunday-school in 1910: 



WANTED 2500 MEN 

— FROM THE — 

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS OF SUMMIT COUNTY 

To March in the First Annual Parade 

MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24 

Meetings for men after the parade in the Colonial Thea- 
ter and First Church of Christ, and for women in the 
Grace Reformed Church. 

VI. RAILROAD PROGRAM 

Used in working up Rally Day by the St. Paul's 
Evangelical Sunday-school, Newport, Ky.: 

Railroad Program 

(Suggestions from the World's Sunday-school Convention, Washington, D. C> 




TOOT ! TOOT ! TOOT ! 
"Clear the Track for Rally Day." 

Time Table: Rally Day Excursion, Sunday, Sept. IS, 1910, 10 A. 31. 

MUSIC. 

All Aboard! 



Passengers stand and sing. "Praise God." 
Passengers repeat the Train Rules : "The Ten Command- 
ments." 

Points to Ponder Over : The St. Paul's Sunday-school 
travels, every Sunday, the road to a better knowledge of the 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 57 



Bible. If you don't take the trip regularly, you arc missing 
some of the finest scenes and best thoughts in the re- 
ligious life. 

Perhaps you can not get to the church, then hoard the 
Home Department. Take a quiet trip each Sunday under 
the direction of the superintendent of that division. 

It may be. father, mother, that your boy has stepped 
out of the Bible school because you set him the example. 
Ask him about it. Perhaps you can come to some agree- 
ment if you will take the trip every Sunday. There is a 
class here that is just suited to you. Ask about it. test it, 
and become one of us. 

Our aim for the year is : "An average attendance of 500." 
What will you do to help us reach it? 

Places and People of Interest Along the Trip 

"Cradle Roll Town" — All asleep. 

At ■'Beginners' Bend" we will enjoy "Bits of Sunshine." 
Speeding across Memory Meadow, the passengers will repeat 
the Shepherd's Psalm. 

At "Primary Point" we will hear ••Ring. Bells, Ring," 
and a greeting from our pastor. 

At "Junior Junction-' our brave voting soldiers will 
"Hold the Fort." 

Ten minutes for refreshments at "Choir Station." All 
fares ready, please. (Offering and enrollment.) Music 
during this stop-over. 

Sweeping around ''Intermediate Curve/' we "Onward 
(Jo," hearing a message from our traveling companion. Mr. 
Herbert Moninger. 

Finally we cross "Adult Viaduct/' singing "I Love Him." 

Then, as we glide info "Home Department Depot/' all 
the passengers will join in 

"The Railroad Song" 

(Melody. — "What a Friend We Have in Jesus.") 
Life is like a Mountain Railroad, 

With an Engineer that's brave : 
We must make the Run successful. 

From the cradle to the grave. 
Watch the Curves, the Fills, the Tunnels. 

Never falter, never fail. 
Keep your hand upon the Throttle 

And your eye upon the Rail. 

You will roll up Grades of Trial. 

You will cross the Bridge of Strife : 
See that Christ is your Conductor 

On the Lightning Train of Life. 
Always mindful of Obstructions. 

Do your duty — never fail. 
Keep your hand upon the Throttle 

And your eye upon the Rail. 



58 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



As you roll across the Trestle. 

Spanning Jordan's swelling Tide. 
You behold the Union Depot. 

Into which your Train will glide : 
Then you'll meet the Superintendent — 

God the Father, <iod the Son — 
With the hearty, joyous plaudit : 

"Weary Pilgrim. Welcome Home !" 

Terminal Station 

Passengers stand and repeat "The Lord's Prayer." 
Benediction 

Passengers sing. "God be with You 'Til We Meet Again.'' 

VII. VISITORS' DAY INVITATION 

You have perhaps heard ours is central Illinois' fastest 
growing Young Men's Class. Its attendance is six times 
as great to-day as ten weeks ago. They are all young 
fellows of just about your age. Believing you would enjoy 
an hour with them, we have called next Sunday Visitors' 
Day. The back seats of our class, which are just inside the 
door, will be reserved for visitors. A neat souvenir, and 
one of the best and largest illustrated young people's papers 
published, will both be given free to all visitors. Our large, 
fine orchestra will give a splendid free concert from 9 :30 
to 9 :45. You will be introduced to the other fellows and 
enjoy it finely. Young men not attending any other school 
are specially invited whether receiving this letter or not. 
If attending elsewhere, you should remain where you are. 

Our Loyal Sons' Poet takes a "shot at you" for this 
special event next Sunday. Better take a nerve tablet be- 
fore trying to endure his miserable rhymes. 

"Sez I to myself, Sez I, 
Them Loyal Sons iz flyin' high. 
They popepd up like a mushroom in the night. 
And' for diggin' an' hustlin' they're 'out o' sight.' 

"Next Sunday, they say. iz Visitors' Day : 
Them fellows iz surely "makin" hay' — 
They're six times as many as ten we< ks a.°"o. 
And where will it end? Just watch 'em grow." 

Fellows, if you wish to experience the pleasantest Sun- 
day morning in your whole life, visit this big class of your 
own age on Visitors' Day, next Sunday. 9 :30 a. m. 

Yours for the biggest day yet. 
The Loyal Sons' Booster Committee. 



Litchfield, ill. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 59 



VIII. MOTHERS' DAY INVITATION 

Mother, Home and Heaven — Earth's Sweetest 
Words 

Last Sunday was "Mothers" Day" in Bible schools 
throughout the world. Constant rain prevented many here 
from attending. Hence, the Loyal Sons will observe it 
again next Sunday. Mothers' Day was first observed about 
three years, ago. To-day nearly the entire Christian world 
celebrate it. On this day. all who love and cherish their 
mother, whether she be living or dead, are asked to attend 
Bible school somewhere in her honor. Surely you will love 
to honor, in this manner, the dearest and best mother who 
ever lived — your oun. Fellows, won't you honor your 
precious mother next Sunday by attending our class on 
'•Mothers' Day"? Beautiful poems about mother will be 
read and some interesting exercises rendered by members of 
our great school of nearly four hundred pupils : 125 of 
them are above seventeen years of age. We occupy rear 
seats just inside the church door. The Loyal Daughters, 
a class of thirty young ladies, your own age, are just in 
front of us. The Baracas and Loyal Sons, two young 
men's classes having, together, over one hundred members, 
are furnishing three rooms in a house just south of the 
church ; one room each for a gymnasium, reading and 
games. The rooms will be electric lighted, furnished with 
Brussels rugs, folding-chairs and five large reading and 
game tables. Neatly framed pictures will adorn the walls. 
Books, papers, magazines and games, also many gymnasium 
appliances, will be for the use of members. It costs noth- 
ing to join the Loyal Sons class and to remain a member. 
Not a cent. We pass the hat on Sunday, but those not 
dropping in are as welcome as those who do. There are 
no dues or assessments. Loyal Sons wishing to have the 
privilege of the above rooms on evenings through the week 
pay only fifty cents every six months. Fellows, think of 
a gymnasium, a reading-room and one for games, and all 
this for six months for only fifty rents! A week or two 
more will find these rooms ready. 

And now, let us honor our dear mother by being present 
on "Mothers' Day" next Sunday and aid the Loyal Sons feo 
make it a success. Those attending other schools should 
remain where they are. 

Superintendent John Taylor asks us to have forty fel- 
lows present. Sincerely yours. 

"Mothers' Day'* Committee for the Loyal Sons. 

Union Avenue Bible School. Litchfield. May 6, 1910. 

IX. INAUGURATION DAY 

A class of Columbus, O., used the card shown 



< 

u 

CO 

3 

z 



O 



CO 

h 

Q 

z 

h 
h 
< 

o 
h 

o 

i* 

CO 

W 

h 

> 



O 

< 

D 
O 

< 



< 
Q 
Z 
D 

CO 

W 
h 

CO 

< 
o 



CO 

OS . 

a 

O £J 

CO 

co o 



o g 

3*5 

c > 
■UTI 3 

' e 



5 

O 
i- — « 

3 



22\. 
S 5 S 

C/3 «_j ^ 



: ^ P 



K « « 



u > 



o © 



.§ §jg 

^ -O -c 

'• S l 
c 

l-s-l 



2.5 



if 



CO 

h 

u 
< 



(a « «i 

i> c rt 

£ E: 

*- © w 



w 
o 

CO 



o 



o 

£ 

o 

u 

I- 

u ©. 
OX 
»- C 
"© c 



*-8 



5 £ 
o * 

Q . 



£8 

id J* 
a-" 

c 



S 
o 
u 



ONE HUNDRED AXD OXE THIXGS tji 



on the preceding page in working up Inauguration 
Day. 

X. SOLDIERS' DAY 

Soldiers' Day 

The Men's Berean Bible class, of Nelsonviile, O.. most 
earnestly invites you to he pres< at ar a special patriotic 
service Sunday morning. May 1, at 9:30, in the- Y. M. C. A. 
Building. 

This service will be given in honor of the old soldiers 
who are members of the class, and every soldier who cares 
to come will be made welcome 

Seats will he reserved for you : songs will he sung for 
you: the lesson of the hour will be especially for you, and 
everything we can do to make ir pleasant for our soldier 
brethren will he done. 

We will consider it a great honor if you will meet with 
us that day. 



XL RAILROAD BOYS' DAY 
Of Interest to Men 



There will be special music at Men's Bei 
next Sunday morning at regular class lr ui 
the usual spirited singing by the rlass. Yoi 
miss it. 

As a compliment to the railroad boys w 
of the class, a special railroad song will 
special music. All railroad men will be welcome 



an Bible Class 
in addition to 
ean't afford to 

> are members 
among the 



XII. RALLY DAY 

Help Is Sweep the Board 

Every tag must he used. Don't be conspicuous by being 
absent 

We are pledged to an effort to have present next Sunday 
morning. 9 :30 a. m.. January 22, 

500 MEN. 

• We can do it and we will" — with your help! Don't dis- 
appoint us ! Bring some one with you sure, even if you 
have to borrow your neighbor's baby. 

Help us "make good." and you will be doing a lot of 
good. The Yoluxteer Bible-study Class. 

(Largest class of younger young men in the world.) 



rV-> «v v 



M .^T..™™... 

No. and Street 

PROMISES TO ATTEND 

The Bible School Rally 

AT THE 

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, SEPT. 26, 

Is thia person in Sunday School? 



DECEMBER DOIN'S, 



T 



HE Men's Berean Bible Clasi has 
planned tor some extraordinary 
meetingsfor the remaining Sundays 
December. You ought not to miss a 
igle one of them. 



I KNOW You ought to join 
the Loyal Men's Bible Class 
at the Christian Church. See? 

Name . _.. 



DECEMBER llih-Geo. Bellamy, the 
settlement worker ol Cleveland, who 
has given many years ol his lile to work 
in the slums will address the class. 

DECEMBER I8th-A musical program 
consisting of instrumental and vocal 
solos and duets, quartette and chorus 
singing will be presented. It will be 
great. 

DECEMBER 25th-There will be Christ- 
mas music and a personal message from 
the teacher to every man present. 

BEREAN 
OOSTERS 




iPM 9iil qi!M 



T)ear Friend : 

A HEARTY WELCOME AWAITS 



AT THE U 



ALWAYS IN 1-} ,£ LASS No. 17 

DVANGE .U< « I • HRISTIAN 
D6LT JLJIBLE V^HdRGH 



THE LARGEST BIBLE CLASS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY 

Come and Experience the Great American Hand Shake 



a Personal Invitation From 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 63 
XIII. A SERIES OF SPECIAL DAYS 



HANG ME UP 

and I will remind you every Sunday 
that you ought to be at 

TLhe Bible School 

of the 

first Cfeutcb of Christ 



April 2 ON TIME SUNDAY 

Everybody present at nine o'clock 

April 9 GIRLS* SUNDAY 

600 or more girls (big and little) wanted in school 

April 16 EASTER SUNDAY 

Special program and offering for orphans 

April 23 BOYS' SUNDAY 

400 or more boys big and little) wanted in school 

BOOST COME PULL 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



CHAPTER X. 

Post-cards 

The wise use of catchy post-cards will bring 
good results. These cards should be suited to the 
various occasions and gotten up in a most attractive 
way. It doesn't do much good to oend out a card 
saying in a prosy old way, "You are cordially in- 
vited to attend our Bible school each Sunday at 
9:30, at the Do Little Sunday-school, corner of Easy 
and Comfort Streets." On the following pages we 
give a series of post-cards that are meant simply 
to be suggestive. 



loyal sons club 
First Church op Christ Nov. 2. 1910. 

Tonawanda, N. Y. 
Dear Brother: — 

Your are earnestly requested to attend the annual 
PUMPKIN PIE SUPPER 

of our class, at the church. Thursday eve., at 8 o'clock. Bring 
all your friends. We are exceedingly anxious to make thi$ a ban- 
ner meeting. Half-hour Bible study wW precede the regular 
business meeting. There will be music by the talent of the class, 
besides many other good things. 

Sincerely yours. A. FEED GILLIE, Pres. 



Johnson City. Tenn 191.. 

My Dear Pastor : — 

Will you please call on 

at ' Street. The reason for the call is: Sick- 
ness ; Just moved into the city ; Desire to 

become a Christian ; Desire some information 

(Place an X after reason for the call.) 

I have made the following calls during the past month : 



Yours in His name, 
Signed . 



The Center of Interest 
for November 

FOR MEN ONLY 

Chief Speaker: Attorney Rufus Marriner 
Short Toasts: N. M. Abbot, H. G. Steed, 
I. N. Fry, Walter Mansell 

Loyal Men's Bible Class 

FIRST SOCIAL SESSION 

Toastm aster: Attorney Byron E. Tom- 
baugh 

Quartet: By Messrs. Longdon, 1/mgdon, 
Kerr and Mitchell 
Solo: By W. H. Kerr 
General good time by you if you come. 
YOU ARE INVITED 

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

THURSDAY, 7:45 P. M. 



J6 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 

CHAPTER XI. 

Printed Matter 

I. SIX SUGGESTIONS 

Printed matter is to be used wisely, but freely. 
It pays to advertise. A few things to keep defi- 
nitely in mind in successful advertising are: 

1. Be Ready fcr the Crowd. — Get your dinner 
ready before you ring the bell. 

2. Advertise Special Features. — Do not try to 
advertise your whole school on all of your printed 
matter. If you have a great men's class, talk 
about that for awhile. At another time tell about 
your great Cradle Roll or your immense Home De- 
partment. 

3. Have Definite Mottoes. — Keep before your 
class certain aims both in attendance and efficiency. 
Put these aims on your printed matter. 

4. Have a Recognized Slogan. — One of tli3 
large schools of Evansville, Ind., puts on all of its 
literature, "The school that's different." Another 
school puts on all of its announcements of any 
kind, "You will miss it if you miss it." Recall 
some of the slogans of the great business concerns, 
and you will realize the importance of this sug- 
gestion. What concerns come to your mind when 
we mention, "There's a reason," or "It floats," or 
"Fifty-seven varieties " or "None genuine without 
this signature"? 

5. Get Out Good Printed Matter. — You never 
have seen a good national bank get out poor 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 77 



printed matter. Better put out less and see that 
what you do put out is of the highest class. 

6. Be Unique. — The catchy advertisement is the 
one that's different from anything that has pre- 
viously been put out. Try to do the ordinary thing 
in an extraordinary way. 



II. MAKING CARLISLE FAMOUS 

Here is a copy of a letter sent out by the Loyal 
Sons class at Carlisle, lnd.: 

Carlisle. Ind., Sept. 30, 1910. 
Dear Sir : — If you were not in that large men's class 
last Sunday morning, you missed sharing the fellowship and 
enthusiasm of the largest men's Bible class ever conducted 
in Carlisle. If you don't believe this, ask the fellows who 
were there ; there were ninety-six men present. We aimed 
at 100 men. We are going to reach it next Sunday and we 
want you to help us. Come and bring some other man 
with you. 

This is to be the class that is to make Carlisle famous. 
We expect to reach an attendance of 100. This will be un- 
common in a town of this size, but it is not impossible. To 
do it, we will need your presence and your work. Some 
men came last Sunday for the first time and brought others 
with them. Every man can do as much, and if we do, we 
will have one of ^he great men's Bible classes of the coun- 
try. Let our aim be 100 men every Sunday and every man 
with his Bible. Make it a Men'* Century BiMe class. We 
want you because it will do you good and because you can 
do us good, and for your influence over the boys. Don't fail 
us Sunday at 9 :30 a. m. Yours for a great class, 
[Signed] Harry T. Alumbaugh., 

Ed. W. Akin, School Supts. 

Joseph W. Shepherd, Pres. 

P. L. Robe ins, Yice-Pres. 

P. F. Hooper, Sec. 

T. Frank Alumbaugh, Jr., Treas. 

L. Y. Barbre, Teacher. 

III. INTRODUCING THE COMMISSION FORM 
07 GOVERNMENT 

The following was placed on a pearl-covered 
post-card at the introduction of the commission 



78 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



form of government in the Tabernacle Christian 
Bible school, North Tonawanda, N. Y.: 



COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT 

IN FULL OPERATION 

TABERNACLE BIBLE SCHOOL 

Wheatfield and Oliver Sts. 
You are invited to be with us next Sunday, at 2:30 P. M. 
R. E. Win field, ^ 
ac/ANDBUS, (commissioners. 
W. C. Shepard, J 



IV. A LETTER FROM THE BOOSTER COMMITTEE 
Say, Fellows! Just a Minute 

Did you attend the Loyal Sons class at the Christian 
Bible school last Sunday? Thirty-three did, and how they 
enjoyed it. Every Sunday brings a new one or two and 
we're looking soon for you. However, if you attend else- 
where, we prefer that you stay where you are. 

After a concert last Sunday by our excellent orchestra 
and several lively songs by our great school of nearly four 
hundred pupils, we went to our new private classroom in 
the Christian Cottage (first door south). Fellows, it's 
great ! A cool, light, quiet room, nicely furnished with 
everything new and neat. It costs nothing to join this 
fine, large class. 

Many have asked who we are. Here are our officers and 
members. We have no "cliques" or "rings." We're just a 
plain, sociable lot of fellows, and we'll give you a royal wel- 
come when you come. . . . [Here were listed the officers 
and members of the class.] 

You will know many of these fellows. Ask them about 
the Loyal Sons and you'll want to come next Sunday and 
enjoy the pleasant hour they will tell you about. 

Yours for a big attendance. 
The Loyal Sons Booster Committee. 

The above letter was written by the Loyal Sons 
Booster Committee of Litchfield, 111. The letter 
contained the names of all of the officers and mem- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 79 



bers of the class. We give it as a suggestion of 
the life that should be put into a Tetter of this 
character. 



V. A TRAVELING -MAN'S INTRODUCTION 
CARD 

To Whom It May Concern: 
This is to certify tha-1 



is an - — — — . member of 

LOYAL .SONS BIBLE CLASS, 
of the First Christian Bible School, 
Tonawanda, N. Y. 

President. Secretary. 



VI. A STAG ANNOUNCEMENT 



BIG NIGHT TO-NIGHT! 

CORN AND WIENER 
ROAST OF THE 

LOYAL SONS CLASS 

Rear of Bellinger's Barn, 51 Grove Street 
STRICTLY STAG PLENTY OF GRUB 

Yours for being there, 

Glstav H. Mende. Cli. social Com. 



80 OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



VII. STATIONERY 

A Loyal Sons class of Memphis. Term., uses the 
following on both the letter-heads and envelopes: 

LOYAL SONS NO. 202 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS 

THIRD CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

KEEL AVE. ANO POURTH ST. 

MEMPHIS 



VIII. 



TENN. 

A CATCHY CARD 




mop 




OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 



Meet us at the Man Factory and arrange 
for a Life Contract 



Olive and Broadway 
Sunday morning at 9:45 



PRESENTED By 



IX. A LIQUOR DEALER'S ANNOUNCEMENT 

Friends axd Neighbors : — I am grateful for past favors, 
and having supplied my store with a tine line of choice 
wines and liquors, allow me to inform you that I shall con- 
tinue to make drunkards, paupers and beggars for the sober, 
industrious, respectable part of the community to support. 
My whiskies will excite riot, robbery and bloodshed. 

They will diminish your comforts, increase your expenses 
and shorten life. I shall confidently recommend them as 
sure to multiply fatal accidents and incurable diseases. 

They will deprive some of life, others of reason, some 
of character and all of peace. They will make fathers 
fiends, mothers widows, children orphans and all poor. I 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 81 



will train your sons in infidelity, dissipation, ignorance, 
lewdness and every other vice. I will corrupt the ministers 
of religion, obstruct the gospel, defile the church and cause 
as much temporal and eternal death as I can. I will thus 
"accommodate the public," it may be at the loss of my never- 
dying soul, but I have a family to support — the business 
pays — and the public encourages it. 

" I have paid my license and the traffic is lawful and if I 
don't sell it somebody else will. I know the Bible says : 
"Thou shalt not kill." "No drunkard shall enter the king- 
dom of heaven," and I do not expect the drunkard-maker to 
fare any better, but I want an easy living and I have re- 
solved to gather the wages of iniquity and fatten on the ruin 
of my species. 

I shall therefore carry on my business with energy and 
do my best to diminish the wealth of the nation, and en- 
danger the safety of the state. As my business flourishes 
in proportion to your sensuality and ignorance, I will do 
my best to prevent moral purity and intellectual growth. 

Should you doubt my ability, I refer you to the pawn- 
shop, the poorhouse, the police court, the hospital, the peni- 
tentiary and the gallows, where you will find many of my 
best customers have gone. A sight of them will convince 
you that I do what I say. Allow me to inform you that 
you are fools and I am an honest saloon-keeper. 

X. A CLASS BANQUET 

This was sent out by the Loyal Men's class, 
Eelle Vernon, Pa.: 



THE "LOYAL MEN" 

Of the First Christian Sunday-school will have a 

CLASS BANQUET 

ON FRIDAY NIGHT OF THIS WEEK 
AT THE CHURCH 

The band will furnish the music, a well-known 
orator from a neighboring city will deliver a first-class 
address and a splendid lunch will be served. As a 
member of the class you are allowed to bring a male 
friend or two. if you wish. Try to pick one who does 
not go to Sunday-school. Don t fail to come on next 
Friday night, as we are anxious to see YOU. 



83 



OXE HIS BRED AX D OXE THIXGS 



XI. A MOONLIGHT EXCURSION 

LOYAL SONS CLUB 

WILL GIVE, A GRAND 

MOONLIGHT 

TO BEDELL HOUSE. 
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1909 

Strs. Dittly and Consort will leave Batt's Dock at 8:15 P. M. 



TICKETS, 



25 CENTS 



The original of this announcement was 7x11 
in c h e s 

XII. UNIQUE METHODS 

For stirring up indifferent members, prepare a bottle of "Sand- 
ine." Get oval bottle — half pint or more — and fill with fine sand. 
Cork tightly and label as follows : 

These labels may be procured 
free by sending one-cent stamp 
to the'undersisned. How to use: 
Show the bottle to the class on 
several consecutive Sundays 
and read the contents of the 
label. During this period mail 
a copy of the label to the indif- 
ferent members, with a kindly 
note, urging renewed activity 
in the class, that it may not be 
necessary to administer any of 
the "Sandine." This affords a 
splendid opportunity, in the 
class and in other ways, to em- 
phasize the importance of "grit" 
in any undertaking, if success is 
to be obtained. 

Will H. Bbown, Loyal Sons Class. No. 1. Oakland. Cal. 

Note. — See other printed matter in Chapters IX. 
and X. 



SANDINE 

Prepared by 
LOYAL SONS & CO., 
Oakland, Cal. 

A Sure Cure for 
Cold Feet. Weak Knees, Soft- 
ening of the Brain, Weather 
Complaint, Indecision, In- 
difference, Weak Backbone. 
Tired Feeling, Sunday 
Headache, and all kindred 
diseases of the mind. 



Christian Church Bible School 

JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE 



THE FOLLOWING WERE ABSENT FROM 
Class No . Teacher 

Sunday- . 19- 



NAME. 


ST. AND NO. 



















































P. C. Muse Printing Co. 



84 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



CHAPTER XII. 
Songs 

The Loyal Sons Button Song 

(Tune — "Old Oaken Bucket.") 

How dear to this heart is my Loyal Sons button 
Whpn on hundreds of others its beauty 1 view : 

Its color, its object and the fine class that gave it 
Makes it the highest priced button I ever knew. 

Chorus. 

The Loyal Sons but ion. the popular button. 

The pretty red button. I love so well. 
Like a garnet or ruby it sots to my garment, 

Making all other buttons look common and old: 
Its royal red color and the letters upon it. 

Easily give it a value that's next to pure gold. — Cho. 

Loyal Bereans 

(Tune — "My Faith Looks Up to Thee.") 

Dear Father, unto thee. Loyal Bereans we. 
Our glad hearts raise : help us. we humbly pray : 
Guard us lesl we should stnr : 
Oh, may our lives each day be hymus of praise. 

As workers for thy cause, help us to never pause 
In service true : onward shall be our cry. 
Forward with Him on high. 
Triumphant by and by. when work is through. 

Now, Father, unto thee, in deep sincerity, 
Grant that we be anxious for all the lost. 
Willing at any cost 

To lead them to the cross of Calvary. 

Loyal Men 

(Tune — "America." i 

As Loyal Men we meet, And one another greet 
With friendship true : And marching side by side, 
Let fellowship abide. Whatever may betide 
Life's journey through. 

For social purity. Faith, hope and charity. 

We take our stand : For manly honesty. 

The truth that makes men free, Friendship and amity 

In heart and hand. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 85 



That He who spoiled the grave Saves men others to save, 
Is our belief : And so where men an* bound, 
Sorrow and grief are found, The whole wide world around 
We'll bear relief. 

The Man of Galilee, Our bond of unity 
In liberty ; and as on Galilee, 
Commander of the sea, For Hope's eternity 
Our anchor be. 

Loyal Sons 

(Tune — "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.") 

We're standing up for Jesus. For Loyal Sons are we ; 
With Him as our great Leader, We're working faithfully. 
Then we must be unselfish. Our motto tells us this : 
To help "The Other Fellow" Means highest happiness. 

"Remember thy Creator," Our text in days of youth, 
Prepares us for all duty, We'll conquer by this truth. 
With white and blue or colors, Our banners now unfurled, 
Mean purity and courage, And vict'ry o'er the world. 

We've taken for our emblem, The Shield of Faith, in love, 
And Sword of Holy Spirit of Him who rules above. 
So. forward we are marching, Strong we must ever be, 
For Jesus Christ our Captain leads on to victory- 
Loyal Daughters 

(Tune — "Marching Through Georgia.") 
Mrs. Geo. Nicholson. 

We are Loyal Daughters of our splendid Bible school ; 
To be there every Sunday, and on time, is now our rule ; 
Our motto is to live and love and lift, and strengthen too, 
While we are marching on to vistory. 
Chorus. 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! the Loyal Daughters we : 
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! the white and gold you see ; 
Our colors now are flying from the East to Western sea, 
While we are living, loving, lifting. 
Yes, we're Loyal Daughters, and we'll number many more ; 
With classes over all the land, we'll reach from shore to 
shore ; 

With Jesus our Commander, we'll be loyal to the core, 
While we are marching on to victory. — Cho. 

Loyal Women 

Mrs. F. T. Porter. 

Loyal and true would the women all stand. 

Loyal to the church and our Saviour's command ; 



ONE 



HUNDRED AND 



ONE THINGS 



Faithful to go. glad to do and to say 
What he would liavo us from day unto day, 
Reaching to others a welcoming hand. 
Raising the fallen and helping them stand. 

Hand clasped in hand, round the earth we can reach : 
Heart true to heart, we the glad news may teach. 
Feeding the lambs of the dear Father's fold. 
Nursing the sick ones and warming the cold. 
Comforting, cheering all hearts, young and old — 
Strength, O our Father, for labors untold ! 

Band us together, the high and the low. 

Help us to make earth a heaven below. 

Bind us so close with the blood of the Slain. 

We may be washed of earth's sin and its stain. 

Lead us to think of the Father above. 

Help us give thanks for the Christ of his love. 

Loyal ! ah ! all that a woman should be. 
When we remember how Christ set us free. 
Body and soul, free from bondage and shame. 
Loyal, yes. loyal ! we're free in his name. 
Thanks be to God for his unmeasured love ; 
Peace on the earth till we greet him above. 
New Albany. Ind. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

The Loyal Movement in the Adult 
Bible-class Work 



The "Loyal" movement is a part of the Adult 
Department of the International Sunday-school As- 
sociation. The classes that take any of the "Loyal" 
names are to receive their certificates from the In- 
ternational Sunday-school Association through the 
general secretary of each State. It is not the de- 
sir^ of those most interested in the "Loyal" move- 
ment that any separate county or State or national 
organization should be effected, but that every 
"Loyal" class become a part of the general Sun- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



87 



day-school movement and be interested in every 
other adult class, no matter of what name. 

I. ITS BEGINNING 

The "Loyal" movement began by the organiza- 
tion of a young men's class in Oakland, Cal., taught 




This cartoon represents the Committee of Twenty-five as the 
flood of mail pours in giving suggestions for the "best names." 



by Will H. Brown. After looking over the great 
list of names suggested, the name "Loyal Sons" 
was selected. This was too good a name to be con- 
fined to one class, and it soon became a national 
name. Soon after this the "Loyal Daughters" 
movement began in the same city. These two 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 89 



names became so very popular that in the winter 
Of 1910 a committee of twenty-five was appointed 
to select the best name for a men's class in the 
Bible school of those older than the Loyal Sons, a 




This cartoon represents the best names for adult Bible classes. 



name for the women's class for those older than 
Loyal Daughters and a name for a mixed Bible 
class. Nearly one thousand names were suggested 
tc this committee of Sunday-school specialists. The 



90 ONE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGS 



result was that the committee unanimously recom- 
mended the names "Loyal Men," "Loyal Women" 
and "Loyal Bereans." Thus the "Loyal" move- 
ment includes all persons from sixteen years of 
age and upwards, as follows: 

Loyal Sons, young men between the ages of six- 
teen and twenty-five or thirty. 

Loyal Daughters, young women between the 
ages of sixteen and twenty-five or thirty. 

Loyal Men for the men of twenty-five or thirty 
years of age and upwards. 

Loyal Women for the women of twenty-five or 
thirty years of age and upwards. 

Loyal Bereans for a mixed Bible class of those 
sixteen years of age and upwards. 

II. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT 

Since the committee of twenty-five of the best 
Sunday-school specialists in America have recom- 
mended these names, what shall we do about it? 
In the first place, organize your adult Bible classes 
that are unorganized and recommend that they take 
one of the five names. In the second place, if 
your classes that are already organized have 
meaningless names or names that do not inspire 
like these names, bring this matter before such 
classes. Any class simply known by a number or 
by a local name should have the inspiration of one 
of these "Loyal" names. 

We give here the names and the plans of or- 
ganization, so that you may have your class join 
the movement immediately. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



III. LOYAL SONS 

The plan of the organization of the Loyal Sons 
is as follows: 

Name. — Loyal Sons. 

Age. — Sixteen to twenty-five or thirty. 

Motto— The Other Fellow. 

Colors. — White and blue. 

Text.— Eccl. 12: 1. 

Rally Cry. — We Mean Business. 

Yell 

Who are, who are, who are we? 
Loyal Sons, don't you see? 
"The Other Fellow" is our motto ; 
Better join us, 'cause you on' to. 
Loyal ! loyal ! loyal ! loyal ! 
Sons ! 

Emblem. — The sword and shield placed in the 
center of the International Adult Department pin. 

Officers. — President, vice-president, secretary 
and treasurer. Other officers may be added if de- 
sired. 

Committees. — Membership, social and devotion- 
al. Other committees, such as literature, finance, 
etc., may be added according to local needs. There 
are no dues or assessments. 

IV. LOYAL DAUGHTERS 

Name. — Loyal Daughters. 
Age. — Sixteen to twenty-five or thirty. 
Motto. — Living, Loving, Lifting. 
Colors. — Gold and white. 
Text.— Matt. 25: 21. 
Rally Cry. — We Mean Business. 
Emblem. — -The circle and bow inside the Inter- 
national Adult Department pin. 



92 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 

Officers. — President, vice-president, secretary 
and treasurer. Other officers may be added accord- 
ing to the local conditions. 

Committees. — Membership, social and devotion- 
al. Other committees, such as finance, press, etc., 
may be added according to the local needs. There 
are no dues or assessments. 

V. LOYAL MEN 

Name. — Loyal Men. 

Age. — Twenty-five or thirty and upwards. 
Motto.— The Men of All Nations for the Man of 
All Men. 

Colors. — Tied and white. 
Text.— Matt. 4: 19. 

Officers. — President, vice-president, secretary 
and treasurer. Other officers may be added accord- 
ing to the local conditions. 

Committees. — Membership, social and devotion- 
al. Other committees, such as finance, press, etc., 
may be added according to the local needs. There 
are no dues or assessments. 

VI. LOYAL WOMEN 

Name. — Loyal Women. 

Age. — Twenty-five or thirty and upwards. 
Motto.— To Exalt the Christ Who Exalted Wo- 
manhood. 

Text. — (To be selected by the class.) 
Colors. — Blue and gold. 
Rally Cry. — We Mean Business. 
Emblem. — The International Adult Department 
pin with the letters L. W. on it. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 0°, 



Officers. — President, vice-president. secretary 
and treasurer. Other officers may be added. 

Committees. — Membership, social and devotion- 
al. . Other committees, such as finance, press, etc., 
may be added according to the local needs. 

VII LOYAL BEREANS 

Name. — Loyal Bereans. 

Age. — Sixteen years and upwards. 

Motto.— The Whole Bible to the Whole World 
is Our Whole Duty. 

Colors. — Purple and gold. 

Text.— Acts 17: 11. 

Rally Cry. — We Mean Business. 

Emblem. — The International Adult Department 
pin with the open Bible in the center bearing the 
letters L. B. 

Officers. — President, vice-president, secretary 
and treasurer. Other officers may be added accord- 
ing to the local conditions. 

Committees. — Membership, social and devotion- 
al. Other committees, such as finance, press, etc.. 
may be added according to the local needs. There 
are no dues or assessments. 

VIII. A CONSTITUTION 

Most classes get along well without any written 
constitution, but if you desire a suggested consti- 
tution for the "Loyal" classes, it may be secured 
for five cents. 

All information concerning methods of work, 
pins, songs, etc., may be secured by addressing The 
Loyal Movement, Box 5, Sta. X. Cincinnati. O. 



94 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



CHAPTER XIV. 
Building Up 

THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS 

Recently we asked a few teachers of large adult 
Bible classes for the five things that helped most 
in the building up of their great Bible classes. Not 
only read these, but study them carefully: 

1. The Bell Sheep.— 

(1) Organization under the Loyal Movement. 

(2) We had a hustling class social. 

(3) We found the bell sheep of the street gang, 
and brought him in the class. Twenty-five or so of 
the boys followed. 

(4) We entered a membership contest. 

(5) We got the whole town talking about the 
class. C. A. Brunei*, Waynesville, O. 

2. Applying the Lesson. — 

(1) Usual method of class contest. 

(2) Personal invitations from all the members 
of the class and liberal use of postage for absentees. 

(3) Special notice taken of any new arrival. 

(4) Use of neatly framed, printed invitation 
hung in hotels, railroad stations, barber shops. 

(5) Applying the lesson to the live issues of 
the day, and after the lecture method allowing dis- 
cussion or questions or suggestions. 

E. Richard Edwards, Kokomo, Ind. 

3. The Five P's.— 
(1) Prayer. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 95 



(2) Persistency. 

(3) Patience. 

(4) Publicity. 

(5) Personal Work. 

R. A. Doan, Nelsonville, O. 

A. Persistent Personal Work. — 

(1) Thorough organization. The machinery in 
complete and effective working order. 

el) Persistent personal work. Nothing can take 
< lie place of this. 

(3 ) Attractive social features and in (cresting 
lesson period. 

Ausiiii Hunter, Chicago, 111. 

5. Straight Goods. — 

( 1 ) Faith in men. 

(2) Organization of forces. 

(3) Personal work. 

(4) Class spirit. 

(5) Straight goods. 

G. W. Woodbury, Belle Vernon, Pa. 

6. A Soul-saving Class. — 

(1) Love for the good, a reverence for the 
poor, and a hatred for the bad. 

(2) We adhere strictly to the lessons. 

(3) We endeavor, in so far as possible, to win 
every unsaved member of the class. 

(4) We hold . open meetings occasionally, to 
which we invite the others, and have their leaders 
address the gathering on topics of interest to the 
friends of the men's movement. 

W. L. Duncan, Cairo, 111. 



96 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



CHAPTER XV. 

Class Organization 

W. C. Pearce, 
Adult Dept. Supt. of the International S. S. Association. 

I. STANDARD OF ORGANIZATION FOR 
ADULT BIBLE CLASSES 

The question is so often asked as to what is an 
organized Bible class, that the Adult Department 
committee has established the following standard, 
hoping thus to define such a class. In fixing this 
standard, the committee endeavored to consider 
the needs and conditions in the average Sunday- 
school and to voice the practice existing through- 
out the International field. The standard repre- 
sents the minimum of organization rather than the 
maximum. 

1. The class shall be definitely connected with 
some Sunday-school. 

2. The class shall have the following officers: 
Teacher, President, Vice-President, Secretary and 
Treasurer. It shall also have at least three stand- 
ing committees, as follows: Membership, Devotion- 
al and Social. It is not required that these com- 
mittees be known by these particular names, but 
that the cl^ss have three committees which are re- 
sponsible for these three kinds of work. 

3. The class shall consist of members who are 
sixteen years of age or over. 

Any Bible class meeting the above standard, 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 97 



upon application to their State or Provincial super- 
intendent and furnishing the names and addresses 
of class teacher and president, will receive an In- 
ternational certificate of recognition. This is a 
beautiful lithographed certificate, signed hy both 
the International and State or Provincial superin- 
tendents. It is suitable for framing, and will be a 
constant reminder of the bond of fellowship exist- 
ing between the adult Bible classes of the conti- 
nent. One edition is prepared with space at the 
bottom for the signatures of charter members. 

II. ADVANTAGES OF CLASS ORGANIZATION 

1. Increases Class Membership. — When business 
men organize and go after business men they are 
sure to win them. It is not an accident that prac- 
tically all the large successful classes of the coun- 
try are organized. Experience warrants the state- 
ment that when a class is well organized and 
properly conducted, men and women may be inter- 
ested in the Sunday-school as easily as boys and 
girls. 

2. Permanency. — Organization increases the 
class spirit. The organized class becomes "our 
class," not "the teacher's class." In the unor- 
ganized class, if the teacher is removed, the class 
suffers greatly and sometimes disbands; the or- 
ganized class will get another teacher. Much, of 
course, depends upon the teacher, but the perma- 
nency of the class can not depend upon the per- 
sonality of the teacher. Changes will come. 

3. Strength. — The organized class gives each 



98 ONE HUXDRED AXD ONE THIXGS 

one of its members a voice in the class manage- 
ment and activities. Each member is given some- 
thing definite to do. The weakness of one is sup- 
plemented by the strength of another. It becomes 
a force at work, not merely a field for work. In 
union there is always strength. 

4. Service. — The organized class does things 
for its members, for the Sunday-school and for the 
church. Its ideal is "every member at work." 

.*>. Solves the Big Boy and Big Girl Problem. — 
The organized class of men and the organized 
class of women are the magnets that will attract to 
the Sunday-school service the boys and the girls. 
The organized class is a dam across the Sunday- 
school stream that holds the boys and girls to the 
Sunday-school at a time when they are so easily 
lost from its membership. It not only helps to 
hold them, but is the best aid for conserving and 
directing their boundless energy and activity. In 
the adult class will also be discovered the choicest 
teachers and workers for the Intermediate Depart- 
ment. 

6. Soul-winning Service. — The Bible class has 
given to many young men and young women their 
first impulse to lead Christian lives and to do per- 
sonal work. In the first Baraca class, organized 
in 18 90, over two hundred have confessed Christ 
and united with the church. One pastor writes 
that out of 14 6 members added in the past three 
years, seventy-seven came from two organized 
Bible classes. Another writes: "I have baptized 
into church membership out of a class of young 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



99 



men probably three hundred." These testimonies 
could be duplicated many times. 

III. HOW TO ORGANIZE 

1. Nearly every Sunday-school has one or more 
adult classes, but in many cases they are unor- 
ganized. Personally interview the leaders of such 
a class or classes, and explain to them the value of 
organization. Also be ready to suggest plans and 
methods, and make these the nucleus for a begin- 
ning. 

2. Make a careful canvass of your church mem- 
bership and community, preparing a list of names 
of those who would be interested in Bible study 
and Christian service. 

3. In co-operation with the pastor, superin- 
tendent, and leaders of existing classes, call a 
meeting for prayer and conference, and present 
plans for starting a class for men and also a class 
for women. Sometimes these may be started 
wholly out of new material. In other cases it will 
be necessary to begin by taking a few men or a 
few women who are members of a mixed class. At 
this time be supplied with leaflets that will explain 
the plans and benefits of the organized class. 
These leaflets may be secured by writing to the 
secretary of your State or Provincial Association. 

4. Persistently push the work until you find 
one or more men interested in building up a class 
for men. and one or more women who are inter- 
ested in building up a class for women. The reach- 
ing of large numbers cf men and women can not 



100 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



be easily done in mixed classes. Men for men and 
women for women is the key to success. 

5. When three or more have been found willing 
to join any one class, form a temporary organiza- 
tion, constitute all of them as a membership com- 
mittee, and begin a canvass for an additional 
number of charter members. Appoint a definite 
time for forming a permanent organization, and 
also name a definite number of charter members 
which you will strive to secure. Thoroughly ad- 
vertise the date when such organization will be 
effected, and let it be known that only those who 
join by that time can become charter members. 

6. When the time for forming the permanent 
organization has arrived, make much of it. A 
social and banquet, if properly arranged, will help. 
Be sure to have a definite plan of organization to 
present at this time. Elect at least those officers 
and provide for the appointment of such commit- 
tees as are required by the International standard. 

7. When the charter plan is pursued, the fol- 
lowing card may profitably be used by those can- 
vassing for charter members: 

Application for Charter Membership 

I wish to become a member of an adult Bible class, to 
be organized as may be agreed upon by the members ; each 
member to have a voice in the conduct of the class: the 
class to be a part of the Sunday-school and its object to be 
Bible study, mutual helpfulness, and an adequate Christian 
service for every member. 

All applicants for charter membership will be duly noti- 
fied as to time and place of organization. 

Name 

Address 

Signed at request of 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



101 



8. Secure, in harmony with the rules of the 
church, the best teacher possible for this class. 
The earnest, practical teaching of the word of God 
will always prove to be the magnet of power in an 
adult class. While there are a very few exceptions 
tc the rule, it is usually better to secure a man to 
teach a men's class, and a woman to teach a wo- 
men's class. 

9. It is not absolutely essential, but it is usual- 
ly helpful for a class to adopt a name and some 
simple form of constitution and by-laws. A sug- 
gestive constitution is offered here, and it is urged 
that classes exercise great freedom in adapting be- 
fore adopting. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

Standard of Service for Adult Bible 
Classes 

W. C. Pearce, 
Adult Dept. Supt. of the International S. S. Association. 

1. Increase the membership by 5 per cent, by 
Jan. 1, 1912, or secure an equivalent increase 
through the organization of other classes. This 
to be interpreted as an annual increase after Jan- 
uary, 1912. 

2. Bibles used in the classes. 

3. A definite contribution to missions. 

4. Personal evangelism. 

5. Other definite- Christian work in the com- 
munity. 



102 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



6. Representation in Teacher-training Study 
Class or Reading Course, with a view to larger 
service. 

This "Standard of Service," adopted by the In- 
ternational Sunday-school Association and the 
Sunday-school Council of the Evangelical Denomi- 
nations, is an honest endeavor, after a careful 
study of the needs of the whole field, to guide the 
leaders of all adult Bible classes to a program of 
service that will be comprehensive, wisely propor- 
tioned and definitely related to the world's present- 
day needs. 

Exercise is essential to physical health and 
strength; likewise, service is essential to spiritual 
life and power. The man who toils regularly will 
eat heartily and breathe deeply; likewise, he who 
seeks daily to help others spiritually will relish 
Bible study, and delight in prayer. Many a man 
is taking pepsin who should take a wood-saw. The 
one-talent servant lost his talent, not because he 
threw it away, but because he put it away. The 
possessor of any gift must use it or lose it. If he 
uses it, other gifts will be added. A flower comes 
to its best by lavishly shedding its fragrance for 
others; a bird comes to its best by singing its 
sweetest morning song for others; a life comes to 
its best by freely bearing the burdens of others. 

Accordingly, the Bible class that would main- 
tain its own life, develop the finest spiritual at- 
mosphere and make the deepest impression upon 
the world, must fully enlist the best ability of 
each of its members in some form of definite Chris- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 102 



tian service. It is an error to suppose that men 
will not hearken to a call to service; rather tfee 
contrary is true. Nothing appeals more strongly 
to men than a call to a large and worthy work. 
The Master said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me," and he repre- 
sented a life of service. 

Those who are responsible for the direction of 
the activities of any Bible class should keep in 
mind at least three fundamental facts: 

1. The activities should be varied, including, so 
far as possible, every form of service in which the 
class may engage. This is important so that every 
member may have something to do, according to 
his ability. 

2. The activities should be well proportioned 
among the social, educational and spiritual; other- 
wise the service rendered will be one-sided. For 
instance, the social activities, unless they include 
the right proportion of that which is educational 
and spiritual, will have lost their finest element, 
without which they will become almost useless, 
and sometimes positively hurtful. 

3. The activities should be definitely related to 
the needs of the com munity and the world. This 
is essential, that the cmss may find something they 
can do as well as something to which they can 
give. 

This standard emphasizes and makes definite 
six very important classes of activities. 

1. Increase. — "Of the increase of his govern- 
ment and of peace there shall be no end" (Isa. 9: 



104 OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THINGS 



7). The standard suggests that the immediate and 
imperative obligation resting upon every adult class 
is to win the men and women of its own com- 
munity. The average membership of the adult 
classes receiving International certificate of recog- 
nition, at the time of registration, was about 
twenty-seven. This being true, the average class 
should certainly be able to double its membership 
by Jan. 1, 1912. Knowing that many of the 
larger classes could not. and perhaps should not, 
try to increase their own membership by 5 per 
cent., the provision is made that such classes may 
secure the increase by the organization of other 
classes. Many classes have already shown their 
ability to do this kind of work. One class has a 
record of more than three thousand men enrolled 
ir: classes which have been organized through its 
efforts. 

2. Bibles. — "Every scripture inspired of God is 
also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for cor- 
rection, for instruction which is in righteousness: 
that the man of God may be complete, furnished 
completely unto every good work" (2 Tim. B: 16, 
17). The men of power are the men who know 
God's word and whose lives are patterned after its 
teachings. Likewise, the adult class that is faith- 
ful to the Book, allowing nothing to trespass upon 
the time for its study, and seeking to interest all 
its members in its daily study, will be the class 
of fullest life and greatest power. The Word is 
also the most attractive subject of study. Its 
storehouse of truth is exhaustless and its teach- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 105 



ings are eternal. "The Bible is a perfect chart in 
which every exigency of the Christian mariner has 
been anticipated. Every rock, every sandbank, 
every shoal, every strand, every island, has been 
carefully noted down." Its study is a preparation 
for permanency. 

3. Missions. — "Go ye therefore, and make dis- 
ciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the 
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy 
Spirit: teaching them to observe all things what- 
soever I commanded you: and lo. I am with you 
always, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28: 
19). "It is the whole business of the whole church 
to send the whole gospel to the whole world as 
speedily as possible." The heart is the healthiest 
that sends pure, red blood to the extremities of the 
body; likewise, the adult class that sends the gos- 
pel to the ends of the earth will have the finest 
life. The definite contribution to missions made 
by the class through the regular channels of its 
church will become the leaven that will interest 
the entire class in world-wide Christian conquest. 
The questionnaire sent to 100 classes from thirty- 
eight States and Provinces and nineteen denomina- 
tions brought the information that they gave an 
average of $125 each for that year. If all the 
adult classes gave proportionately, it would amount 
to an annual offering to missions of several mil- 
lions. It is hoped that this standard will help to 
reach this result. 

4. Soul-winning. — "And they that are wise 
shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; 



106 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



and they that turn many to righteousness as the 
stars for ever and ever" (Dan. 12: 3). "Every 
adult a member, and every member a Christian, 
should be the definite aim of every class. What 
shall it profit a class if it should gain the whole 
community to its membership and they be not led 
to accept Christ as personal Saviour? The Devo- 
tional Committee should form themselves into a 
personal workers' band or Secret Service League, 
and meet regularly for conference and prayer for 
the unsaved of the class. They may with profit 
meet- for a study of some book on personal work, 
and by study and practice become thoroughly 
equipped to assist in all kinds of evangelistic meet- 
ings, and for personal work everywhere. "He that 
winneth souls is wise." 

5. Community Work. — "But be ye doers of the 
word, and not hearers only, deluding your own 
selves" (Jas. 1: 22). A young man was asked by 
an old man if he had as much sense as a spider. 
Puzzled by the question, the young man asked that 
it be interpreted. "Well," said the old man, "a 
slider begins to spin its web in the fence corner 
where it lives." This is the obligation of every 
adult Bible class. The impulse that sends gifts 
to the Chinese abroad, and neglects the Chinese 
laundrynien in the next block, is neither whole- 
some nor complete. The impulse that begins with 
the task at hand, and works out to the uttermost 
part of the earth, is both wholesome and com- 
plete. The tasks which a class may undertake are 
almost innumerable. Many of them are so com- 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 107 



nion that they are entirely overlooked by the 
classes, The sick may be visited; flowers distrib- 
uted; nurses provided; hospital and medical bills 
met; free beds in hospitals supported; rooms and 
whole wards furnished, not only for the aid of 
their own members, but also for any who may re- 
quire such help. The needy may be given definite 
aid in gifts and loans, food and clothing, and other 
practical ways. At Christmas and Thanksgiving 
special attention may be given to the poor. Many 
classes report outings given for women and chil- 
dren during the summer. The general spirit of 
fraternity in classes may be shown in the service 
rendered to its own members. Employment may 
be secured, boarding-houses located, and reading- 
rooms and rest-rooms provided. If the eyes of the 
leaders are only opened, that they may see the 
needs of their communities, tasks may be found 
suited to all the members of any class. 

0. Training. — "And the Lord's servant must 
not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, 
forbearing, in meekness correcting them that op- 
pose themselves" (2 Tim. 2: 24). The adult class 
is a wall of protection around the boys and girls, 
keeping them in Sunday-school at a most critical 
time in their lives. It should be more than this: 
it should be a wall of support to the entire Sunday- 
school enterprise. Prom it and in it we should 
find and train teachers and officers and leaders for 
every department of Sunday-school work. 



108 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 



CHAPTER XVII. 

101 Things for Adult Bible Classes 
to Do 

The 101 things noted here that adult Bible 
classes have done are activities for others. Else- 
where in the book we discuss the activities for 
building up and holding the individual class. As 
each Bible class lives not for self, but for service, 
the 101 things listed here, we trust, will suggest 
something that your class can do in order that it 
may indeed live for others. 

OUR CLASS 

1. Gives a concert once a month for the sailors 
whose ships are in the Oakland harbor. 

2. Distributes hundreds of magazines each year 
to sailors. 

3. Gives concerts at Fred Finch Orphanage, 
where 130 boys and girls under fourteen years of 
age are cared for. 

4. Gave splendid Christmas treat to each of 
130 boys and girls in the Fred Finch Orphanage. 

5. Paid musical tuition of organist. 

6. Conducted night school for Chinese and Jap- 
anese of our city. 

7. Contributed $100 to the Colorado Sunday- 
school Association. 

8. Supports a native preacher in Porto Rico. 

9. Supplies teachers for boys' classes. 

10. Supplies teachers for girls' classes. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 109 



11. Gave winter lecture course. 

12. Secured a workers' library. 

13. Takes charge of the prayer-meeting the 
first Sunday of each month. 

14. Contributed $35 for the support of a native 
Bible woman in China where one of our own mem- 
bers is a missionary. 

15. Conducts a reading-room which is kept 
open each night. • 

16. Maintains evening classes in sewing and 
music. 

17. Paid for treatment of a young man suffer- 
ing with rheumatism, unable to work. He was re- 
stored to health, and both he and his wife united 
with the church. 

18. Took the leading part in the temperance 
campaign, which had much to do with the temper- 
ance victory. 

19. Gave supper to two hundred poor children 
on Christmas. 

2 0. Paid salary of an assistant minister of the 
church. 

21. Two classes unite in conducting a down- 
town luncheon where girls can get a cheap but 
v. holesome lunch. 

22. Publishes a monthly paper. 

23. Keeps a Missionary Library in circulation. 

24. Inaugurated and carried through an every- 
member canvass. 

25. Takes charge of one preaching service the 
first Sunday in each quarter for a special men's 
program. 



110 OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGZ 



2 6. Holds services once a month in a church 
that can not afford a preacher. 

2 7. Holds cottage prayer-meetings every Friday 
night. 

2 8. Pushes the "Big Brother Movement." 

2 9. Paid the salary of a gymnasium leader. 

30. Secured a physician to talk to the Interme- 
diate boys on body-building. 

31. Secured a lady physician to talk to the In- 
termediate girls on the meaning of the unfolding 
life. 

32. Took the boys on a hike. 

3 3. Has an annual banquet for the Junior and 
Intermediate boys. 

3 4. Organized and is taking care of a boys' 
choir. 

3 5. Has systematically distributed several thou- 
sand tracts. 

3 6. Took a house-to-house canvass of the city. 

3 7. Paid $5 00 on new church. 

3 8. Built a classroom on church lot. 

3 9. Furnished Bibles for a hotel. 

40. Gave away three hundred "Daily Reader's 
Pocket Testaments" in pushing the Pocket Testa- 
ment League. 

41. Supports an orphan in India. 

42. Furnished a room in a hospital. 

43. Paid $15 for Children's Home Fund. 

4 4. Paid $60 for chairs for Sunday-school room. 
4 5. Paid $68 for Sunday-school song-books. 

4 6. Cared for two children while parents were 
in prison. 



ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS 111 



4 7. Did washing and ironing tor poor family 
when the different mothers were unable to work. 

4 8. Built a concrete walk from sidewalk to 
church. 

49. Goes to hotels every Sunday morning and 
distributes invitations to our men's class. 

50. Chartered a street car to take the Begin- 
ners and Primary children on a picnic. 

51. Organized a mission Bible school in the 
north end of the city. 

5 2. Educated a student for the ministry. 

53. Sent a Christmas box to an orphans' home. 

54. Gave something to every inmate in the 
State penitentiary. 

55. Organized two teacher-training classes in 
other schools. 

5 6. Paid $5 for a pipe-organ fund. 

57. Made it possible for each member of the 
school to have a Bible. 

5 8. Paid a $25 pledge on parsonage. 

50. Built and equipped rooms in the church 
basement on the Y. M. C. A. plan. 

60. Organized a Sunday-school in the country. 

61. Held cottage prayer-meetings. 

62. Supported a native preacher in the Philip- 
pine Islands. 

63. Provided ushers for regular church service. 

64. Beautified the churchyard with flower-beds. 

65. Organized five Loyal classes. 

66. Furnished the money for an evangelistic 
meeting. 

67. Furnishes cut flowers every Sunday for the 



112 OXE HUXDRED AXD OXE THIXGZ 



Sunday-school and afterwards distributes them 
among the sick. 

6 8. Gave fifty blankets last Christmas to the 
needy. 

69. Gives a $1.50 Bible to each one of our 
class when he accepts Christ. 

70. Brought a country Sunday-school up to the 
front-rank standard. 

71. Goes out every Sunday afternoon to teach 
in mission Sunday-schools. 

7 2. Brought a speaker to our city to organize 
a union training-class. Result was a training-class 
of five hundred. 

73. Holds great men's meetings in the opera- 
house two or three times each year. 

7 4. Put in a good workers' library. 

7o. Sent a member to the State Sunday-school 
Convention. 

7 6. Supplied the pulpit when our minister was 
on his much-needed vacation. 

7 7. Fixed up a discarded gymnasium in a little 
town, and now we have three hundred members 
in the gymnasium classes. 

7 8. Distributed ten thousand tracts in an evan- 
gelistic meeting. 

79. Paid the expenses of a band for a men's 
parade. 

80. Launched a "new pupil" campaign. 

SI. Purchased new song-books for our Primary 
department. 

82. Bought blackboards for each classroom. 

83. Carpeted the church. 



OXE HUXDRED AND ONE THINGS 



113 



8 4. Paid the expenses of a hundred children 
for a day's outing. 

8 5. Subscribed for a church paper for several 
old people who are too poor to buy the paper. 

8 6. Organized Bible-school Men's Association 
including all the men of the Bible schools in the 
vicinity. 

8 7. Sent our superintendent to the Standard 
School of Bible-school Methods, Canton, O. 

8 8. Introduced the tithing system into our 
church. 

8 9. Introduced a Bible-study course in con- 
nection with the Junior Endeavor on Sunday after- 
noon. 

9 0. Bought a printing plant for the printing of 
our church paper and other church announcements. 

91. Paid $2 5 toward a union evangelistic meet- 
ing. 

9 2. Bought an organ for the Junior depart- 
ment. 

93. Keeps a supply of "Daily Header's 
Testaments" for new members and the "Pocket 
Testament League Committee.*' 

9 4. Made possible a Bible-school Institute, 
when we had a Bible-school specialist with us for 
a week. 

9 5. Introduced the "Loyal Secret Service Cir- 
cle" in seven other Bible schools. 

9 6. Furnished classroom maps for each class in 
the school. 

9 7. Distributed Loyal Sons literature to all 
classes or persons inquiring about the movement. 



114 OXE HUXDRED AND OX E TH1XGS 



98. Distributed left-over Sunday-school papers 
in the hospitals, jails, etc. 

99. Cleared $50 selling cook-books and gave it 
for Foreign Missions. 

100. Keeps a supply of adult buttons, and gives 
one to any person over sixteen years of age who 
attends seme Bible school. We believe the button 
is a powerful little preacher. 

101. Started a Volunteer Band in our class. 
The members of this band are those who have 
volunteered their lives to whatever kind of Chris- 
tian service the Lord may call them. 



SUPPLIES FOR LOYAL GLASSES 



PINS -Loyal Sons. Loyal Daughters, Loyal Men's, .uoyai Wo- 
men's and Loyal Bereans, within the adult eniblem_. lc. 
No order for less than ten received. 

ADULT EMBLEM— Each lc. 

No order for less than ten received. 

LOYAL SONS PIN — Gold plated. 25c. 

LOYAL SONS POCKET PIECE 15c. 

LOYAL MEN'S POCKET PIECE --15c. 

LOYAL DAUGHTERS— Gold plated 25c. 

\ Special price in quantities.) 

PENNANTS— Large wall pennants. 12x28 inches, with the 
words Loyal Sons, Loyal Daughters, Loyal Men, Loyal 

Women or Loval Bereans. postpaid 75c. 

Half dozen. " $3.50 

LAPEL PENNANTS— With initials L. S.. L. D.. L. M., L. W. or 

L. B.. each ... ... --20c. 

Half dozen 90c. 

"101 THINGS FOR LOYAL CLASSES TO DO" 

By Herbert Moninger, postpaid 30c. 

"HOW TO BUILD UP AN ADULT BIBLE CLASS" 

By Herbert Moninger, paper . loc. 

Cloth : : ----25c. 

"THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS IN TRAINING FOR SER- 
VICE" — By Herbert Moninger, postpaid 25c. 

"BIBLE DRILLS" 

By Herbert Moninger. One hundred and fifty questions 
and answers on the Bible. Postpaid 25c. 

INVITATION CARDS 

to socials and luncheons, as invitations to become mem- 
bers, etc. We have different cards, that need to be seen 
to be appreciated. Will send pack of eight kinds for 5c. 
All these cards are. per hundred... 75c. 

CONSTITUTIONS AND LEAFLETS 

explaining the work of the Loyal Sons. Loyal Daughters, 
Loyal Men, Loyal Women, and Loyal Bereans, free upon 
request. 

The Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, 0. 



SOME, SURE'NOUGH SMILES 

W. C. Pearce, International Adult Department Superinten- 
dent, says that one of the things most needed just now is 
something to supply the social life of the young people' s Bi- 
ble classes. In answer to this we have published four games 
that contain fine fun and yet furnish profitable pleasure. 

I'M A BIBLE MAN. By L. O. Thompson. One hundred 
verses on Bible men ; per copy, 20c. 
The name of some Bible man is pinned on each man present. 
Then each lady is given a verse of poetry describing a Bible 
man. The ladies are to hunt up their "Bible men." Here is 
one verse : 

"He is the man the ravens fed, 
When he from Jezebel had fled ; 
He dares the sins of Anab tell; 
His mantle on a plowman fell.'"— Elijah. 

FM A BIBLE WOMAN. By L. O. Thompson. Fifty 

verses on Bible women; per 
copy, 20c. This is similar to "I'm a Bible Man.'" Here is one 
verse : 

"Romance that follows tragedy, 
Famine and want and poverty, 
Love, marriage, death and widowhood. 
The harvest-fleld, and Hebrew blood- 
Unite a story rare to tell ; 

Her name you should remember well."— Ruth. 

BELLES OF THE GARDEN. By L. p. Thompson. 

Fifty verses on things 

raised in the garden ; per copy, 20c. Each lady has pinned on 
her dress the name of something that grows in the garden, 
like Miss Lettuce, Miss Parsley, Miss Squash. Each man is 
given a verse of poetry describing these things that grow in 
the garden. Here is one verse : 

"I am unlike the blushing rose— 
It is my nature, I suppose — 
But when the guests are not around, 
I'm always on the table found ; 
And that I think is really mean, 
I've earned the right to pose as queen."— 0?iion. 

Note.— These three games by L. 0. Thompson supply a whole evening's enter- 
tainment to any number from two persons to two hundred. 

PROFITABLE PLEASURE. By Justin n. Green 

Postpaid, 10c. This book 

is a compilation of games from some three hundred adult 
Bible classes, giving what these classes are doing for the 
social life. 

ADDRESS ALL ORDERS AND REQUESTS TO 

The Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, 0. 

Note. — A game called "Whalo" is now in preparation. 



BOOKS 



HERBERT 
BY MONINGER 



Training for Service • 250,000 Sold) . 
Studies in the Gospels and Acts 
The New Testament Church . . 

Bible Drills Questions and Answers' , 

What's the Answer ? 15c. 

Primary Supplemental Booklets <Setof3> , 15c. 
Junior Supplemental Booklets set of 3 9 15c. 
Intermediate and Senior Supplemental 
Booklets set of 4 20c. 

Service in Son^ U Sunday-school Son^book I s , 30c. 

Matthew's Gospel at the Point of a Ques- 
tion, voi.i 35c. 

Matthew's Gospel at the Point of a Ques- 
tion, vol. 11. . , . 35c. 

Twenty CandleS 'Twenty Illustrations' , , . 10c. 

How to Build Up an Adult Bible Class . 15c. 

Men's Bible-class Son^s 25c. 

The Adult Bible Class in Training for 

Service 25c. 

101 Things for Loyal Classes to Do . . 30c. 

ADDRESS 

STANDARD PUBLISHING CO., CINCINNATI, O, 



NEW LESSONS FOR ADULT CLASSES 

UNANIMOUSLY RECEIVED 



Thousands of members of adult Bible classes began 
the study of "THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS IN 
TRAINING FOR SERVICE," January 1, in place of 
the lessons in the Old Testament. Every adult Bible 
class should take up these new lessons for a period of six 
months. Begin the first Sunday of any month. Special 
lessons are being introduced in the lower grades, so the 
time has come for an ADVANCED STEP IN ADULT 
CLASSES. 



What They Want 

Just recently two 
classes asked me to 
recommend such a 
course. — Walter E. 
Frazee, Louisville. 
Ky. 

A Need Supplied 

It will supply a 
need.— J. N. Scholes, 
Bellaire, O. 




The World's Greatest School 

The plan is a good 
one. We will use 
"The Adult Bible 
Class in Training 
for Service" for 
adult supplemental 
work, and possibly 
for regular work in 
some classes.— P. H. 
AVelshimer, Canton, 
Ohio. 



GOOD REASONS - 

Every Bible class composed of members over 16 years of 
ase should take up "THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS IN TRAIN- 
ING FOR SERVICE" because: 

1. It is the only book that gives the sweep of Old and New 
Testament history in a way to be easily remembered. The 
uniform lessons can not do this. 

2. It will create an appetite for Bible study. 

3. It will tell us why we believe in Christ and the Bible. 

4. It will train the whole membership for service. 

5. It will recruit your training-classes. 

6. It will multiply the preacher's power. 

7. It has proven itself to be just the book adult Bible 
classes have been wanting. 

Address the Standard Pub. Co., Box 5, Station N, Cincinnati, 0. 



"How to Build Up an 
Adult Bible Class." 

This is a New Book Prepared by Herbert Moningek, 
A. M., B. D., Author oe "Training for Service/' 



Every school would like to know how to get a bis; men's 
class, a big women's class, or a big mixed class. This hook 
will tell you how. It gives : 

1 . What the new movement in the adult Bible classes 
means. 

2. The standard of class organization. 

3. Class names. 

4. Class mottoes. 

5. Class aims. 

6. Class constitutions. 

7. Class pins. 

8. Class yells. 

9. Class songs. 

10. Work of the social committee. 

1 1 . Work of the devotional committee, 

12. Work of the membership committee. 

13. An explanation of the great movement in adult Bi- 
ble classes, such as Baraca. Philathea, the Loyal Move* 
ment, and so on. 

14. How the big men's class in Ashland, O., was built 
up. 

15. How the biggest Bible class in the world was built 
up from nothing to 1,000. 

16. How to win yonng men. 

17. How to build up a men's class in the country. 

Isn't it worth twenty-five cents to know about all these 
things? Sit down now, put twenty-five cents in stamps in 
an envelope, and address the envelope to the Standard Pub- 
lishing- Company, Box 5, Station N, Cincinnati. 0.. and by 
return mail vou will receive a copy of "How to Build Up an 
Adult Bible Class." 



ADVANCED 
TRAINING 
COURSE. 

FIRST YEAR. 
(50 lessons,) 

1. "The New Testament 
Church" (20 lessons), 
Herbert Moningcr; or. 
' Studies in the Gospels 
and Acts" (20 lessons). 
Herbert Moainger. 

2. "From Eden to the 
Jordan" (20 lessons). 
Chas. S. Medbury 

3. "A Bible-school 
Vision" (10 lessons). P. H. 
Welshimer. 

SECOND YEAR 
(50 lessons.) 
"From the Jordan to 



the Throne of Saul" 
lessons). Chas . S. Medbury. 

2 Studies in the 
Epistles and Revelation" 
(20 lessons). Prof. W. B. 
Taylor. 

3. "Missionary Moun- 
tain Peaks." Volume T. 
(10 lessons) . Prof. Chas. T. 
Paul 

THIRD YEAR. 
(50 lessons.) 

1. "From the Throne 
of Saul to Bethlehem" 
( 20 lessons). Chas. S. 
Medbury. 

2 "Common Sense in 
Mind and Matter" (20 
lessons). E. W.Thornton. 

3. "Missionary Moun- 
tain Peaks." Volume II. 
(10 lessons — in prepara- 
tion. Prof. Chas. T. Paul. 

These books arc 25 cents 
not postpaid; 30 cents, 
postpaid. Each time 
you take a step up the 
ladder, the Educational 
Committee of the Interna- 
tional Sunday-school As- 
sociation gives you credit. 

You need that key. 
Start for it to-day. 



this Kir 

WILL UNLOCK 
MANY D00H3 
OF OPPORTUNITY 




ADVANCED TRAINING 
CLA55 LADDER.. 



STOP! THINK! » ^Te? r c JiV2Ve a 8 5 THEY DO! 

Within a week from the time the "Daily Reader's Pocket Testament" was off 
the prese 16,000 were 6old. They go like hot cakes. Send 12c. to the address at 
bottom of thii page and you will receive by return mail a flexible cloth-bound 
copy of the "Daily Reader's Pocket Testament" and an explanation of what the 
"Pocket Testament League" is. 



AlEiiMSMlgEBiriiSICif I 



| V»tTHV«£.OASn.£HEU»6*N6THePtSD<&eoFVHe 



For information and supplies, address 
DAILY READER'S PO'KET TESTAMENT MOVEMENT, Box 5. .St. 



"ON THE ROCK" 

By PROF. D. R. DUNG AN 

One of the moat fascinating stories is Prof. Dungan's 
book "ON THE ROCK." Over thirty-three editions of this 
book have been sold and it is in as great demand as ever. 

The story centers around a young couple seeking after 
the truth. Questions arise that cause difference of opinion, 
and the manner in which they are settled is highly 
entertaining. The interest created by the first chapter is 
sustained to the end and it is with 'regret that the end 
is reached. No work of fiction has yet appeared that is as 
instructive as this one. It is a classic. There is absolutely 
nothing like it for those seeking after the truth. 

Price, $1.00 



THE QUERISTS' DRAWER 

WRITTEN BY ISAAC ERRETT— EDITED BY Z. T. SWEENEY 

The most helpful volume ever published for the busy 
Sunday-school worker, church worker and minister. The 
author was one of the most prominent men of his day and 
his counsel was sought by men of all beliefs. The questions 
touch all important subjects of religion and the answers 
are given in the most concise wav possible. It is undoubt- 
edly the greatest help published in preparing the Sunday- 
school lesson, as the questions asked and answered touch all 
portions of the Bible. 

These questions are from inquirers seeking the truth 
and come from all corners of the earth. Over two hundred 
of the most difficult questions that confront the individual 
and church life are answered in a most illuminating way 
and over three hundred of the most difficult Scriptural 
texts are commented on. The subjects discussed are alpha- 
betically arranged and the texts commented on are 
arranged in chronological order. 

The book is handsomely bound in cloth and stamped in 
gold and will make a beautiful addition to ©very library. 

Price, $1.50 

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO. 

CINCINNATI, O. 



"A Bible-school Vision" 

BY 

P. H. WELSHIMER 

Tkii book tells how a school was built up from 150 
to 2,600 and how seven adult classes were built 
up from nearly nothing to a combined 
enrollment of nearly 1,500. 

The Table of Contents will give you some idea of the sub- 
jects discussed. 

CHAPTER L - A Bible-school Vision. 
CHAPTER II.— The Relation of the Minister to the School. 
CHAPTER III— The Superintendent. 
CHAPTER IV.— Officers. 
CHAPTER V.- The Teacher. 
CHAPTER VI.— The Bible School Graded and Equipped. 
CHAPTER VII.— Securing and Holding Attendance. 
CHAPTER VIII.— Red-letter Days. 
CHAPTER IX. -Bible-school Problems. 
CHAPTER X.— The Adult Bible Class. 
Drill Questions. — Answers to Drill Questions 

Manila Binding, postpaid, 30c. 
Cloth Binding, postpaid, 50c. 

Imn*t it worth 30c. to you to get 

"A BIBLE-SCHOOL VISION "? 

Address 

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
Cincinnati, O. 



ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE 



FIRST YEAR 

1 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 

(20 lessons) by Herbert Moninger 

Or STUDIES IN THE GOSPELS AND ACTS 

(20 lessons) by Herbert Moninger 

2 FROM EDEN TO THE JORDAN 

(20 lessons) by Charles S. Medbury 

3 A BIBLE-SCHOOL VISION 

(10 lessons) by P. H. Welshimer 



SECOND YEAR 

1 FROM THE JORDAN TO THE THRONE OF SAUL 

(20 lessons) by Charles S. Medbury 

2 STUDIES IN THE EPISTLES AND REVELATION 

(20 lessons) by Wm. B. Taylor 

3 MISSIONS VOL. I. 

(10 lessons) by Charles T. Paul 



THIRD YEAR 

1 FROM THE THRONE OF SAUL TO BETHLEHEM 

(20 lessons) by Charles S, Medbury 

2 COMMON SENSE 

(20 lessons) by E. W. Thornton 

3 MISSIONS VOL.11. 

(10 lessons) by Charles T. Paul 



These books are 25 cents, not postpaid ; 30 cents, postpaid. 

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO. 

Box 5, Station N, Cincinnati, O] 



" WHAT'S THE ANSWER?" 



Charley met Ids friend James upon the street and fcolf 
kim that he had been fishing. "How many fish did yom 
catch?" asked James. 

John replied : "If to the number of the books of the Old 
Testament you add the number of the books in the New 
Testament; multiply that by the number of apostles that 
were present at the transfiguration ; divide by the number 
of the books written by Luke ; subtract the number of times 
the Israelites marched around Jericho ; multiply by the 
number of pieces of silver Judas received for betraying 
Christ ; divide by the number of spies Moses sent into 
Canaan ; add the number of letters in the name of the city 
in which a man climbed up a tree to see Christ ; divide by 
the number of apostles that were called the 'sons of thun- 
der/ the answer will be the number of fish I caught.'' 

The answer to this question is 111. 

This is one of fifty-two interesting Bible problems found 
in a book called "What's the Answer?" This book may be 
secured from the Standard Publishing Company, Cincinnati^ 
O., for 25 cents, postpaid. 

What One of These Problems Bid 

One of these problems was given to a boy who went 
home very enthusiastic about finding the answer. He got 
along all right until he came to the name of the city in 
which a man climbed up a tree to see Christ. He went td 
his mother and asked her if she knew what the man's name 
was and in what city he lived. She did not want to say 
that she did not know, so she put him off until the next 
day. In the meantime, she called up her preacher, and he 
said he would look it up. The boy then went the next 
day to school and asked his public-school teacher. She 
said the incident was very familiar to her, but she wouid 
tell him the next day just where to find it. This public- 
school teacher went home and asked her mother, who said 
she had heard of the story, but could not locate it. This 
mother also called up her preacher, and that preacher gaid 
he would look it up. From this one question at least two 
mothers, one public-school teacher and two preachers were 
taught that Zaccheus was the man that climbed up a tree 
to gee Christ, and that he lived in Jericho. Get these puzzle 
problems and try them in your class. 



AUG 18 191' 



Deacidified using the Bookkeeper procei 
Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide 
Treatment Date: Sept. 2005 

PreservationTechnologie 

A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATIM 

111 Thomson Park Drive 
Cranberry Township, PA 16066 
(724) 779-21 1 1 



One copy del. to Cat. Div. 
SEP 2 I9H 



